Insidious vs. Invidious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Insidious and Invidious
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Insidious
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects
Sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem
Invidious
(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
She'd put herself in an invidious position
Insidious
Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner
Insidious rumors.
An insidious disease.
Invidious
Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment
Invidious accusations.
Insidious
Intended to entrap; treacherous
Insidious misinformation.
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Invidious
Offensive and unfair
Invidious distinctions.
Insidious
Beguiling but harmful; alluring
Insidious pleasures.
Invidious
(Archaic) Envious.
Insidious
Producing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
Invidious
Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
Insidious
Intending to entrap; alluring but harmful.
Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.
Invidious
(of a distinction) Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
Insidious
(nonstandard) Treacherous.
The battle was lost due to the actions of insidious defectors.
Invidious
(obsolete) Envious, jealous.
Insidious
Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; - said of persons; as, the insidious foe.
Invidious
(obsolete) Detestable, hateful, odious.
Insidious
Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts.
The insidious whisper of the bad angel.
Invidious
Envious; malignant.
Insidious
Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as, an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
Invidious
Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man.
Insidious
Beguiling but harmful;
Insidious pleasures
Invidious
Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
Insidious
Intended to entrap
Invidious
Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
Discriminatory attitudes and practices
Invidious comparisons
Insidious
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
Glaucoma is an insidious disease
A subtle poison
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