Detrimental and Deleterious - Learn English words [2020]

Detrimental and Deleterious - Learn English words [2020]

Learn new English words.

In this video we we see how to memorize the words deleterious and detrimental.

Detrimental means something that tends to cause harm.
It is an adjective.
Detrimental means - tending to cause harm.
Eg: "recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people".

Detrimental synonyms - pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental mean exceedingly harmful. pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining.

Deleterious is an adjective that means causing harm or damage.
Pernicious, baneful, noxious, and detrimental are the wicked synonyms of deleterious. All five words refer to something exceedingly harmful. Of the group, deleterious is most often used for something that is unexpectedly harmful.

If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on your health, not to mention your social life.

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