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27 May
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What is the difference between detrimental and harm ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between detrimental and harm ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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27 May
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Detrimental is extremely harmful, but harmful is a lower level of severity than detrimental.
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Detrimental is extremely harmful, but harmful is a lower level of severity than detrimental.
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It should be "harmful" and then detrimental and harmful would mean the same.
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