Maleficent vs Harmful - What's the difference?
maleficent | harmful |
As adjectives the difference between maleficent and harmful is that maleficent is harmful or evil in intent or effect while harmful is of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious.
maleficent English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
Antonyms
* beneficent
Related terms
* malefactor
* maleficence
Anagrams
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harmful English
Alternative forms
* harmfull (archaic)
Adjective
( en-adj)
of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "harmful" is often applied: effect, consequence, impact, influence, emission, chemical, ingredient, substance, gas, agent, additive, drug, radiation, dust, organism, plant, animal, insect, action, act, behavior, component, content, activity, interference, use.
Synonyms
* injurious; see also
Antonyms
* beneficial
* harmless
See also
* harm
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