Unhealthy vs Unfit - What's the difference?
unhealthy | unfit |
characterized by, or conducive to poor health
sick or ill
tending to corrupt
characterized by disturbed mental health
Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
:Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team.
Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.
*1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
*:He [...] added that he was fearful Christianity, or rather Christians, had unfitted him for ascending the pure and undefiled throne of thirty pagan Kings before him.
*1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.30:
*:These preoccupations unfitted the soldiers for the defence of the frontier, and permitted vigorous incursions of Germans form the north and Persians from the east.
As adjectives the difference between unhealthy and unfit
is that unhealthy is characterized by, or conducive to poor health while unfit is not fit; not having the correct requirements.As a verb unfit is
to make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.unhealthy
English
Adjective
(er)- The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
- He was an unhealthy child.
- He liked unhealthy reading material.
- He had an unhealthy interest in fire.
Synonyms
*Antonyms
* healthyunfit
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I've become so unfit after stopping cycling to town.
