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Salutary vs Suitable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between salutary and suitable

is that salutary is effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice while suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

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

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    suitable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

    • Synonyms

    * fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)

    Antonyms

    * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * suitability

    See also

    * fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruous

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words