different between promising vs healthy
promising
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??m?s??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??m?s??/
- Hyphenation: prom?is?ing
Adjective
promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)
- Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
- a promising young apprentice
- Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
Translations
Verb
promising
- present participle of promise
Noun
promising (plural promisings)
- The act of making a promise.
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
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healthy
English
Etymology
From health +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?l.?i/
- Rhymes: -?l?i
Adjective
healthy (comparative healthier or more healthy, superlative healthiest or most healthy)
- Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Conducive to health.
- Synonym: healthful
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Evincing health.
- (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
Usage notes
When a clearer distinction is intended, healthy is used to describe the state of the object, and healthful describes its ability to impart health to the recipient. Vegetables in good condition are both healthy (i.e., not rotten or diseased) and healthful (i.e., they improve the eaters' health, compared to eating junk food). By contrast, a poisonous plant can be healthy, but it is not healthful to eat it.
Derived terms
Related terms
- heal
- healing
- whole
Translations
Further reading
- healthy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- healthy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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