healthy vs salubrious what difference
what is difference between healthy and salubrious
English
Etymology
From health + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛl.θi/
- Rhymes: -ɛlθi
Adjective
healthy (comparative healthier or more healthy, superlative healthiest or most healthy)
- Enjoying good health; well; free from disease or disorder.
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Conducive to health.
- Synonym: healthful
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Evincing health.
- Her face had a healthy glow.
- (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
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 it.
Derived terms
Related terms
- heal
- healing
- whole
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Further reading
- healthy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- healthy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
English
Etymology
From Latin salūbris (“healthy”) + -ous.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sə-lo͞o’brē-əs, IPA(key): /səˈluː.bɹiː.əs/
Adjective
salubrious (comparative more salubrious, superlative most salubrious)
- Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially as related to air.
- 2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse →ISBN, page 133
- 2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse →ISBN, page 133
Synonyms
- (promoting health or well-being): healthful
Antonyms
- (promoting health or well-being): insalubrious
Related terms
- salubriously
- salubriousness
- salubrity
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