different between harmless vs immaculate

English

Etymology

From Middle English harmles, from Old English *hearml?as, from Proto-Germanic *harmalausaz (“without harm; harmless”), equivalent to harm +? -less.

Cognate with German harmlos (“harmless”), Danish harmløs (“harlmess”), Swedish harmlös (“harmless”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h??ml?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??ml?s/

Adjective

harmless (comparative more harmless, superlative most harmless)

1. Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
2. Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
3. (obsolete) Unharmed.

Synonyms

• benign
• innocent
• innocuous
• undamaging

Antonyms

• harmful

Derived terms

• harmlessly
• harmlessness

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English immaculat, from Latin immacul?tus; prefix im- (“not”) + macul?tus, perfect passive participle of macul? (“I spot, stain”), from macula (“spot”). See mail (armor).

Displaced native unwemmed (“pure, untainted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mækj?l?t/

Adjective

immaculate (comparative more immaculate, superlative most immaculate)

1. Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, clean, pure.
   • 1641, John Denham, The Sophy

     Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate
2. (zoology) Lacking spots, blotches, or other markings; spotless; unspotted.

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Latin

Participle

immacul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of immacul?tus