Wholesome vs Useful - What's the difference?
wholesome | useful |
Promoting good health and well-being.
Promoting moral and mental well-being.
Sound and healthy.
Promoting virtue or being virtuous.
Having a practical or beneficial use.
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As adjectives the difference between wholesome and useful
is that wholesome is promoting good health and well-being while useful is having a practical or beneficial use.wholesome
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* (promoting health) healthy, healthful, salubriousAntonyms
* unwholesomeDerived terms
* wholesomely * wholesomenessReferences
* *useful
English
Adjective
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