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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Healthful/healthy #17935 02/01/2001 7:20 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna addict Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain I don't think I have ever heard "healthful" being used in the UK, but I have definitely heard it from American friends. It seems to me that they make a difference between that which is "healthy", meaning free of disease and ailments, and "healthful", meaning wholesome and very good for you. Does that sound right? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Healthful/healthy Bean 02/01/2001 6:09 PM Re: Healthful/healthy Marianna 02/01/2001 7:20 PM Re: Healthful/healthy Bobyoungbalt 02/01/2001 8:13 PM Re: Healthful/healthy Jackie 02/01/2001 8:34 PM Re: Healthful/healthy Bean 02/02/2001 1:27 PM Re: Healthful/healthy maverick 02/02/2001 1:42 PM Re: Healthful/healthy stales 02/04/2001 12:12 PM Re: Healthful/healthy Bridget 02/05/2001 10:45 AM Re: Healthful/healthy belligerentyouth 02/05/2001 1:13 PM Re: Healthful/healthy stales 02/06/2001 12:11 AM Re: Healthful/healthy belligerentyouth 02/06/2001 7:31 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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