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.
Our bodies depend on unabsorbed calcium to neutralize potentially harmful byproducts of digestion that can promote colon cancer and kidney stones.
If a letter is potentially libelous, slanderous or appears to have been written with malice or harmful intent, it will be edited or rejected.
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.
Silently and stealthily this insidious, progressive disease has taken over.
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.
