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Dear teachers,
I know that:
Wholesome food in a healthful climate makes a healthy man.
healthful = 1. conducive to good health of body or mind "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance", a healthful diet, healthful exercise
2. free from filth and pathogens
healthy = 1. Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Healthy stresses the absence of disease and often implies energy and strength: The healthy athlete biked twenty miles every day.
a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy", healthy climate, a healthy way of living
wholesome = conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
Wholesome suggests appealing healthiness and well-being: “Exercise develops wholesome appetites”
wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food", wholesome air, the food is quite wholesome
healthful/healthy/wholesome climate (air)
healthful/healthy/wholesome water
healthful/healthy/wholesome food(diet)
but
healthful/healthy exercise
he found wood-chopping a healthy pastime
wholesome recreations
They spend their time in helpful outdoor exercises.
He said the North-Western Railway was healthy enough for him.
A few dishes of this, milk to drink and an apple to finish and they have a wholesome meal.
I’ll extract wholesome medicines from Mrs. Dean’s bitter herbs.
But mentholated spirit is more wholesome when taken into the system in large quantities than paraffin oil.
a healthful influence
healthful elements of European civilization
the deep, wide and healthy influence which he exerted upon society
wholesome advice
wholesome friendship
a healthful friendship (companionship)
a healthy atmosphere
a healthy influence
wholesome advice
You would approve of your bad Fran thoroughly if you knew what a healthful life she is leading.
I felt much better, thinking of him at school, in company with boys of his own age and leading a busy, healthy live.
Max is a splendid officer -Sufficiently gallant, it appears, but not a helthy influence.
The distinction in meaning between healthy (“possessing good health”) and healthful (“conducive to good health”) was ascribed to the two terms only as late as the 1880s. This distinction, though tenaciously supported by some critics, is belied by citational evidence—healthy has been used to mean “healthful” since the 16th century. Use of healthy in this sense is to be found in the works of many distinguished writers, with this example from John Locke being typical: “Gardening . . . and working in wood, are fit and healthy recreations for a man of study or business.” Therefore, both healthy and healthful are correct in these contexts: a healthy climate, a healthful climate; a healthful diet, a healthy diet.
Would you be kind enough tell to me how could a man sort out such a muddle?
Thank you in advance for your efforts,
Regards.
V.
I know that:
Wholesome food in a healthful climate makes a healthy man.
healthful = 1. conducive to good health of body or mind "a healthful climate"; "a healthful environment"; "healthful nutrition"; "healthful sleep"; "Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance", a healthful diet, healthful exercise
2. free from filth and pathogens
healthy = 1. Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Healthy stresses the absence of disease and often implies energy and strength: The healthy athlete biked twenty miles every day.
a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy", healthy climate, a healthy way of living
wholesome = conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
Wholesome suggests appealing healthiness and well-being: “Exercise develops wholesome appetites”
wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food", wholesome air, the food is quite wholesome
healthful/healthy/wholesome climate (air)
healthful/healthy/wholesome water
healthful/healthy/wholesome food(diet)
but
healthful/healthy exercise
he found wood-chopping a healthy pastime
wholesome recreations
They spend their time in helpful outdoor exercises.
He said the North-Western Railway was healthy enough for him.
A few dishes of this, milk to drink and an apple to finish and they have a wholesome meal.
I’ll extract wholesome medicines from Mrs. Dean’s bitter herbs.
But mentholated spirit is more wholesome when taken into the system in large quantities than paraffin oil.
a healthful influence
healthful elements of European civilization
the deep, wide and healthy influence which he exerted upon society
wholesome advice
wholesome friendship
a healthful friendship (companionship)
a healthy atmosphere
a healthy influence
wholesome advice
You would approve of your bad Fran thoroughly if you knew what a healthful life she is leading.
I felt much better, thinking of him at school, in company with boys of his own age and leading a busy, healthy live.
Max is a splendid officer -Sufficiently gallant, it appears, but not a helthy influence.
The distinction in meaning between healthy (“possessing good health”) and healthful (“conducive to good health”) was ascribed to the two terms only as late as the 1880s. This distinction, though tenaciously supported by some critics, is belied by citational evidence—healthy has been used to mean “healthful” since the 16th century. Use of healthy in this sense is to be found in the works of many distinguished writers, with this example from John Locke being typical: “Gardening . . . and working in wood, are fit and healthy recreations for a man of study or business.” Therefore, both healthy and healthful are correct in these contexts: a healthy climate, a healthful climate; a healthful diet, a healthy diet.
Would you be kind enough tell to me how could a man sort out such a muddle?
Thank you in advance for your efforts,
Regards.
V.
