different between illfare vs detriment

English

Etymology

From ill +? fare. Compare evilfare, welfare, etc.

Noun

illfare (uncountable)

1. Misfortune; detriment; harm; evilfare.
   • 1994, Mortimer Raymond Kadish, The Ophelia paradox:

     According to a principle of weak benevolence, all except the deviant will, other things being equal, prefer the welfare of others to their illfare; according to a principle of strong benevolence, preferring the welfare of others to their illfare will guide conduct even when other things are not equal [...]

   • 2006, Lennart Nordenfelt, Animal and Human Health and Welfare:

     The environment is an extremely important, although not the only, foundation for our welfare or illfare.

   • 2009, James Midgley, Michelle Livermore, The Handbook of Social Policy:

     The opposite of the condition of social welfare is social illfare. Social illfare exists when human needs are not met, when social problems are not effectively managed, and when there are very limited opportunities for improving life chances.

   • 2011, Hannele Forsberg, Teppo Kröger, Social Work and Child Welfare Politics:

     Without the media, public concern over the illfare of Finnish children would not have been so widely discussed or examined.

Antonyms

• welfare

See also

• woefare

Anagrams

• all-fire

English

Etymology

From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from deterere (“to rub off, wear”), from de- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?t??m?nt/

Noun

detriment (countable and uncountable, plural detriments)

1. Harm, hurt, damage.
2. (Britain, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

Usage notes

• Often used in the form "to someone's detriment".

Synonyms

• harm
• hurt
• illfare
• damage
• expense

Antonyms

• benefit

Derived terms

• detrimental

Translations

Verb

detriment (third-person singular simple present detriments, present participle detrimenting, simple past and past participle detrimented)

1. (transitive, chiefly obsolete) To be detrimental to; to harm or mar.

Further reading

• detriment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• detriment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French détriment, from Latin detrimentum.

Noun

detriment n (uncountable)

1. detriment

Declension