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Harmful vs Snide - What's the difference?

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Harmful is a related term of snide.


As adjectives the difference between harmful and snide

is that harmful is of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious while snide is disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

As a noun snide is

an underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.

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

    snide

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
    • Don't make snide remarks to me.
  • Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
    • He was a snide lawyer.
    I received a shipment of snide goods.

    References

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.

    • Anagrams

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