different between bountiful vs benign

English

Alternative forms

• bountifull (archaic)

Etymology

bounty +? -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?nt?f?l/, /?ba?nt?f?l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?ba??n(?)?f??]
  • (UK, also) IPA^(key): /?ba?nt?f?l/

Adjective

bountiful (comparative more bountiful, superlative most bountiful)

1. Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
   • 1611, King James Version, Isaiah 32:5:

     The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

English

Etymology

From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??na?n/

Adjective

benign (comparative benigner or more benign, superlative benignest or most benign)

1. Kind; gentle; mild.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 9

     But though we both entertained these ideas, we differed in their application. Resentment added also a sting to my censure; and I reprobated Raymond's conduct in severe terms. Adrian was more benign, more considerate.

2. (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
3. (in combination) Not harmful to the environment.

4. (medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

Synonyms

• (medicine): non-malignant

Antonyms

• malign
• malignant

Derived terms

• benignly
• benignant
• benignity
• benign neglect

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