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Sedentary vs Salutary - What's the difference?

sedentary | salutary |

As adjectives the difference between sedentary and salutary

is that sedentary is not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity while salutary is effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.

sedentary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
    • The oyster is a sedentary''' mollusk; the barnacles are '''sedentary crustaceans.
  • Not moving much; sitting around.
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • Sedentary , scholastic sophists.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.
  • (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
  • * Milton
    • The sedentary earth.
  • * Spectator
    • The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature.
  • (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
  • * Milton
    • Sedentary numbness.

    Synonyms

    * settled

    Antonyms

    * migratory * active

    salutary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
  • * '>citation
    • 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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