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Salutary vs Benevolent - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between salutary and benevolent

is that salutary is effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice while benevolent is having a disposition to do good.

salutary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
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    • We do it here historically, and I think it's, um, very salutary to know quite a bit about the history of ideas, particularly in philosophy which always suffers from a tendency to follow the latest fashion.
  • Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * salutarily * salutariness

    Related terms

    * salubrious * salutation * salute

    External links

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    benevolent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a disposition to do good.
    • Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent .
  • Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
  • altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.
  • generous.

    • Antonyms

    * malevolent

    See also

    * benevolence * benevolently * benevolentness