Incomparable vs Beneficial - What's the difference?
incomparable | beneficial |
So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
* , De Profundis , (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
(rare) Not able to be compared.
Helpful or good to something or someone.
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As adjectives the difference between incomparable and beneficial
is that incomparable is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed while beneficial is helpful or good to something or someone.incomparable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Usage notes
* Using (more)'' or ''(most)'' with ''incomparable , though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread. * Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable'' is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as ''(so)'' and ''(very) .Derived terms
* incomparabilitybeneficial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial . It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
