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Injurious vs Unwholesome - What's the difference?

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Injurious is a related term of unwholesome.


As adjectives the difference between injurious and unwholesome

is that injurious is causing physical harm or injury; harmful while unwholesome is not wholesome; unfavorable to health; insalubrious; unhealthy; as, unwholesome air; unwholesome food.

injurious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing physical harm or injury; harmful.
  • Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.

    • Synonyms

    * harmful; see also * slanderous, libelous, defamatory * See also

    Derived terms

    * injuriously * injuriousness

    unwholesome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; insalubrious; unhealthy; as, unwholesome air; unwholesome food.
  • Not sound; diseased; tainted; impaired; defective.
  • Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.

    • Related terms

    * wholesome * unwholesomely * unwholesomeness

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