Mischievous vs Damaging - What's the difference?
mischievous | damaging |
Causing mischief; injurious.
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Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
Harmful; injurious; causing damage.
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As adjectives the difference between mischievous and damaging
is that mischievous is causing mischief; injurious while damaging is harmful; injurious; causing damage.As a verb damaging is
present participle of lang=en.mischievous
English
Alternative forms
* mischievious, mischevious (common misspellings)Adjective
(en adjective)- Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
Synonyms
* (causing mischief) harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also * (badly-behaved) badly-behaved, naughtyDerived terms
* mischievously * mischievousnessExternal links
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*damaging
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging , but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools