Harsh vs Harmful - What's the difference?
harsh | harmful |
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Severe or cruel.
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(slang) To negatively criticize.
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(slang) to put a damper on (a mood).
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of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
As adjectives the difference between harsh and harmful
is that harsh is unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses while harmful is of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious.As a verb harsh
is to negatively criticize.harsh
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Adjective
(er)citation, page= , passage=Great news for City, but the result was harsh on Neil Warnock's side who gave as good as they got even though the odds were stacked against them.}}
Antonyms
* genteelVerb
(es)- Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!
- Dude, you're harshing my buzz.
Synonyms
* roughDerived terms
* harshly * harshnessharmful
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Alternative forms
* harmfull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.