Virulent vs Inimical - What's the difference?
virulent | inimical |
(chiefly, medicine, of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant or deadly.
Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 Harmful in effect.
Unfriendly, hostile.
As adjectives the difference between virulent and inimical
is that virulent is (chiefly|medicine|of a disease or disease-causing agent) highly infectious, malignant or deadly while inimical is harmful in effect.virulent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent , and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
See also
* pathogenic ----inimical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Suicide is inimical to the health of the participant.
- Her inimical attitude precludes romance.
