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Harmless vs Innoxious - What's the difference?

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Harmless is a related term of innoxious.


As adjectives the difference between harmless and innoxious

is that harmless is incapable of causing harm or danger while innoxious is having no harmful effect.

harmless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incapable of causing harm or danger.
  • Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
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  • Safe.

    • Synonyms

    * benign * innocent * innocuous

    Antonyms

    * harmful

    Derived terms

    * harmlessly * harmlessness

    innoxious

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having no harmful effect.