Difference between harmful and insidious
Definitions
adjective
- causing or capable of causing harm
Examples
Rose, Rose, and so can absorb hydrogen sulfide, benzene, phenol, ether and other harmful gases.
Unless these conditions are fulfilled, we consider any assistance given to the artels and the co-operatives not only useless, but definitely harmful.
It is not unusual to find substances in illegal drugs that are much more harmful than the drugs themselves.
Definitions
adjective
- working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- beguiling but harmful
- intended to entrap
Examples
He added: 'I consider them insidious and extremely dangerous.
The latest strategy is now seen dropping unsupported accusations across the media spectrum to the effect that the intelligence agency's assignment of Ambassador Joseph Wilson to look into the now-discredited Iraq/Niger/uranium claims were all part of a long-term insidious scheme to try and discredit the Bush Administration.
I wrote about coming out in the family and about the insidious homophobia of siblings.
