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Nancree 22-03-2004 03:41 AM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other--see Merriam
Webster Dictionary.

Rona Yuthasastrakosol 22-03-2004 12:56 PM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
"Nancree" > wrote in message
...
> "Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other--see

Merriam
> Webster Dictionary.


You said that already--no need to start a new thread over it.

Being synonyms, however, does not mean they can be used interchangeably.
Most dictionaries will tell you "talkative", "loquacious", and "garrulous"
are synonyms but their nuances are quite different.

rona

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Rona Yuthasastrakosol 22-03-2004 12:56 PM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
"Nancree" > wrote in message
...
> "Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other--see

Merriam
> Webster Dictionary.


You said that already--no need to start a new thread over it.

Being synonyms, however, does not mean they can be used interchangeably.
Most dictionaries will tell you "talkative", "loquacious", and "garrulous"
are synonyms but their nuances are quite different.

rona

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PENMART01 22-03-2004 01:58 PM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>(Nancree)
>
>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other--see Merriam
>Webster Dictionary.


Synonymous does not necessarily indicate equal... here each word confers
different implications., ie. a food can be wholesome but not necessarily
healthful, and vice versa. <shoofly pie can be wholesome but not healthful>.
Many so-called comfort foods are wholesome but not necessarilly healthful. A
food can be healthful (milk) but not necessarily wholesome (soured). A person
can engage in healthful activitiy but that activity may not be a wholesome
activity, ie. a guy fornicating with his neighbor's wife/daughter/mother. See
the difference?

M-W

HEALTHFUL implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition <a healthful
diet>.

WHOLESOME applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically,
mentally, or spiritually <wholesome foods> <the movie is wholesome family
entertainment>.
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PENMART01 22-03-2004 01:58 PM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>(Nancree)
>
>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other--see Merriam
>Webster Dictionary.


Synonymous does not necessarily indicate equal... here each word confers
different implications., ie. a food can be wholesome but not necessarily
healthful, and vice versa. <shoofly pie can be wholesome but not healthful>.
Many so-called comfort foods are wholesome but not necessarilly healthful. A
food can be healthful (milk) but not necessarily wholesome (soured). A person
can engage in healthful activitiy but that activity may not be a wholesome
activity, ie. a guy fornicating with his neighbor's wife/daughter/mother. See
the difference?

M-W

HEALTHFUL implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition <a healthful
diet>.

WHOLESOME applies to what benefits, builds up, or sustains physically,
mentally, or spiritually <wholesome foods> <the movie is wholesome family
entertainment>.
---

---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."


WardNA 23-03-2004 02:23 AM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other

They are, indeed, closer to being synonyms that "healthy" and "wholesome" are.

Neil

WardNA 23-03-2004 02:23 AM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other

They are, indeed, closer to being synonyms that "healthy" and "wholesome" are.

Neil

Nancree 23-03-2004 02:27 AM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other
>
>They are, indeed, closer to being synonyms that "healthy" and "wholesome"
>are.
>
>Neil

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Merriam Webster is clear in callling all three synonyms.
"2 : HEALTHY <he felt incapable of looking into the girl's pretty, healthful
face €”Saul Bellow>
- health·ful·ness noun
synonyms HEALTHFUL, WHOLESOME, SALUBRIOUS, SALUTARY mean favorable to the
health of mind or body. HEALTHFUL implies a positive contribution to a healthy



Nancree 23-03-2004 02:27 AM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonyms for each other
>
>They are, indeed, closer to being synonyms that "healthy" and "wholesome"
>are.
>
>Neil

------------------------
Merriam Webster is clear in callling all three synonyms.
"2 : HEALTHY <he felt incapable of looking into the girl's pretty, healthful
face €”Saul Bellow>
- health·ful·ness noun
synonyms HEALTHFUL, WHOLESOME, SALUBRIOUS, SALUTARY mean favorable to the
health of mind or body. HEALTHFUL implies a positive contribution to a healthy



PENMART01 23-03-2004 02:43 AM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>(WardNA) writes:
>
>>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonym[ou]s <S>for</S> *with* each

other
>
>They are(,) indeed(,) closer to being synonyms <S>that</S> *than* "healthy"
>and "wholesome" <S>are</S>.


That's more better.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."


PENMART01 23-03-2004 02:43 AM

"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are just synonyms
 
>(WardNA) writes:
>
>>"Healthful" and "Wholesome" are simply synonym[ou]s <S>for</S> *with* each

other
>
>They are(,) indeed(,) closer to being synonyms <S>that</S> *than* "healthy"
>and "wholesome" <S>are</S>.


That's more better.


---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
Sheldon
````````````
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."



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