Healthy vs. Wholesome — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Healthy and Wholesome
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Healthy
In a good physical or mental condition; in good health
The family is the basis of any healthy society
I feel fit and healthy
Wholesome
Conducive to or indicative of good health or well-being; salutary
Simple, wholesome food.
A wholesome complexion.
Healthy
Possessing good health
A healthy child.
Wholesome
Conducive to or promoting social or moral well-being, especially in reflecting conventional moral values
Wholesome entertainment.
A politician with a wholesome public image.
Healthy
Conducive to good health; healthful
Healthy air.
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Wholesome
Promoting good physical health and well-being.
Healthy
Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind
A healthy attitude.
Wholesome
Promoting moral and mental well-being.
Healthy
Sizable; considerable
A healthy portion of peas.
A healthy raise in salary.
Wholesome
Favourable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous.
Healthy
So as to promote one's health; in a healthy way
If you eat healthy, you'll probably live longer.
Wholesome
Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy.
Healthy
Enjoying good health; well; free from disease or disorder.
He was father to three healthy kids.
A healthy mind in a healthy body
Brush regularly to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy.
My fruit trees are looking very healthy.
Wholesome
; innocuous; sweet.
Healthy
Conducive to health.
A healthy diet can help to maintain proper weight.
Wholesome
Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
Wholesome thirst and appetite.
From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food.
Healthy
Evincing health.
Her face had a healthy glow.
Wholesome
Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life.
I can not . . . make you a wholesome answer; my wit's diseased.
A wholesome suspicion began to be entertained.
Healthy
(figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
A healthy respect for authority
Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle.
A healthy dislike, a healthy contempt
Wholesome
Sound; healthy.
Healthy
Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.
His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.
Wholesome
Conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being;
Wholesome attitude
Wholesome appearance
Wholesome food
Healthy
Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.
Wholesome
Sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind;
Exercise develops wholesome appetites
A grin on his ugly wholesome face
Healthy
Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.
Healthy
Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease;
A rosy healthy baby
Staying fit and healthy
Healthy
Financially secure and functioning well;
A healthy economy
Healthy
Promoting health; healthful;
A healthy diet
Clean healthy air
Plenty of healthy sleep
Healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy
The salubrious mountain air and water
Carrots are good for you
Healthy
Physically and mentally sound or healthy;
Felt relaxed and fit after their holiday
Keeps fit with diet and exercise
Healthy
Exercising or showing good judgment;
Healthy scepticism
A healthy fear of rattlesnakes
The healthy attitude of French laws
Healthy relations between labor and management
An intelligent solution
A sound approach to the problem
Sound advice
No sound explanation for his decision
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