Detrimental vs Ominous - What's the difference?
detrimental | ominous | Related terms |
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.
Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.
* California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too Los Angeles Times Headline April 25, 2011
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Detrimental is a related term of ominous.
As adjectives the difference between detrimental and ominous
is that detrimental is causing damage or harm while ominous is of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant.detrimental
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Synonyms
* (causing damage or harm) harmful, injurious; see alsoAntonyms
* (causing damage or harm) beneficialExternal links
* *ominous
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.}}