different between angelic vs benevolent

English

Alternative forms

• angelick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English an?el??, engell??, englel??, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (angelikós, “of or for a messenger”), from ??????? (ángelos, “angel”). Equivalent to angel +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n-j?l?-?k, IPA^(key): /æn?d??l?k/

Adjective

angelic (comparative more angelic, superlative most angelic)

1. Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
2. Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.

   an angelic child

3. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.

   an angelic ester

4. (topology) A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.

Synonyms

• (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel): angelical, angellike, angelly, heavenly, divine

Derived terms

• angelicness

Translations

Anagrams

• Galenic, galenic

Romanian

Etymology

From French angélique, from Latin angelicus.

Adjective

angelic m or n (feminine singular angelic?, masculine plural angelici, feminine and neuter plural angelice)

1. angelic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French benevolent, borrowed from Latin benevol?ns ("well wishing"). Displaced native Old English welwillende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??n?v?l?nt/

Adjective

benevolent (comparative more benevolent, superlative most benevolent)

1. Having a disposition to do good.

   Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent.

2. Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
3. Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.

Antonyms

• malevolent

Derived terms

• benevolently
• benevolentness

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