Difference between Benignant and Benign

What is the difference between Benignant and Benign?

Benignant as an adjective is kind; gracious; favorable. while Benign as an adjective is kind; gentle; mild.

Benignant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Kind; gracious; favorable.

Benign

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Kind; gentle; mild.Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.

Example sentence: The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism.

We hope you now know whether to use Benignant or Benign in your sentence.

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