different between vigorous vs healthful
vigorous
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman vigrus, from Old French vigoros (French vigoureux), from Medieval Latin vigorosus, from Latin vigor. Doublet of vigoroso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?????s/
- Rhymes: -?????s
Adjective
vigorous (comparative more vigorous, superlative most vigorous)
- Physically strong and active.
- 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
- Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
- Circling in singles and in pairs
- In this vigorous anonymity
- 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
- Mentally strong and active.
- Rapid of growth.
- a vigorous shrub
Translations
vigorous From the web:
- what vigorous means
- what vigorous activity means
- what vigorous exercise
- what vigorous activity
- what vigorous physical activity
- what does vigorous mean
- what do vigorous mean
healthful
English
Alternative forms
- healthfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English helthful, helþful, helþeful, equivalent to health +? -ful.
Adjective
healthful (comparative healthfuller or more healthful, superlative healthfullest or most healthful)
- Beneficial to bodily health.
- 1906, Princeton Alumni Weekly (volume 7, page 210)
- Hockey is an exciting and healthful form of exercise, well suited to college students […]
- 1906, Princeton Alumni Weekly (volume 7, page 210)
- Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary.
- 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society 2008, p. 30:
- As he had been thinking for months about leaving his wife and had not done it because it would be too cruel to deprive her of himself, her departure was a very healthful shock.
- 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society 2008, p. 30:
Synonyms
- healthy
- salubrious
- salutary
- wholesome
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 of.
Derived terms
- healthfully
- healthfulness
Related terms
- heal
- health
- healthy
Translations
healthful From the web:
- what healthy foods to eat
- what healthy gums look like
- what healthy poop looks like
- what healthy snacks can i eat
- what healthy food should i eat
- what healthy foods are high in calories
- what healthy foods give you energy
- what healthy nails look like
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