Detriment vs Wrongdoing - What's the difference?
detriment | wrongdoing |
Harm, hurt, damage.
* {{quote-book
, year=1872
, author=Fyodor Dostoyevsky
, title=The Possessed
, chapter=7
(UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
(uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
(countable) An instance of doing wrong.
As nouns the difference between detriment and wrongdoing
is that detriment is harm, hurt, damage while wrongdoing is violation of standards of behavior.detriment
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“But marriage in secret, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch — a fatal secret. I receive money from you, and I'm suddenly asked the question, 'What's that money for?' My hands are tied; I cannot answer to the detriment of my sister, to the detriment of the family honour.”}}