different between wholesome vs advantageous

English

Alternative forms

• holesom, holesome, wholsome (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *h?lsum, *h?lsum, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole +? -some. Cognate with Dutch heilzaam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ho?ls?m/

Adjective

wholesome (comparative wholesomer, superlative wholesomest)

1. Promoting good physical health and well-being.
2. Promoting moral and mental well-being.
3. Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous.
4. Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy.

Synonyms

• (promoting health): healthy, healthful, salubrious

Antonyms

• unwholesome

Derived terms

• wholesomely
• wholesomeness

Translations

References

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

English

Etymology

advantage +? -ous or from Middle French avantageus (French avantageux). See advantage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ædv?n?te?d???s/
• Rhymes: -e?d??s
• Hyphenation: ad?van?ta?geous

Adjective

advantageous (comparative more advantageous, superlative most advantageous)

1. Being of advantage, beneficial.

   Synonyms: behooveful, furthersome, gainful, profitable, useful

Derived terms

• advantageously

Translations