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Detrimental vs Unfriendly - What's the difference?

detrimental | unfriendly | Related terms |

Detrimental is a related term of unfriendly.


As adjectives the difference between detrimental and unfriendly

is that detrimental is causing damage or harm while unfriendly is not friendly; hostile; mean.

As a noun unfriendly is

an enemy.

detrimental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing damage or harm.
  • Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

    Synonyms

    * (causing damage or harm) harmful, injurious; see also

    Antonyms

    * (causing damage or harm) beneficial

    unfriendly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • not friendly; hostile; mean
  • unfavourable
  • Antonyms

    * friendly

    Derived terms

    * user-unfriendly

    Noun

    (unfriendlies)
  • An enemy.
  • * 2005 , Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
  • Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
  • * 2008 , Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
  • You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).