Endangered vs Hazardous - What's the difference?
endangered | hazardous |
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
* 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Betrothed
(endanger)
Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (rfc-sense) Exposing to loss or evil.
Of or involving chance.
As adjectives the difference between endangered and hazardous
is that endangered is in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct) while hazardous is risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.As a verb endangered
is (endanger).endangered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden...
Derived terms
* endangered speciesVerb
(head)hazardous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)It's a gas, passage=But out of sight is out of mind. And that