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Noxious vs Heinous - What's the difference?

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Noxious is a related term of heinous.


As adjectives the difference between noxious and heinous

is that noxious is harmful; injurious while heinous is totally reprehensible.

noxious

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harmful; injurious.
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    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

    Synonyms

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    heinous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Totally reprehensible.
    • I hope they catch the person responsible for that heinous crime.
    The perpetrators of this heinous act must be brought to justice.
    The government denounced the attack as the most heinous of the last decade.
    Political Leaders from around the world have condemned these heinous acts.
    In our public services sorry seems to be the most heinous word.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "heinous" is often applied: crime, act, sin, murder, offence.

    Synonyms

    * (totally reprehensible) abominable, horrible, odious

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule