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Worthwhile vs Salutary - What's the difference?

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Worthwhile is a related term of salutary.


As adjectives the difference between worthwhile and salutary

is that worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on while salutary is effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.

worthwhile

English

Alternative forms

* worth while

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
  • Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .

    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

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    Derived terms

    * salutarily * salutariness