benign vs dead calm

benign

adj
  • Not harmful to the environment. 

  • Kind; gentle; mild. 

  • Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent. 

  • mild and favorable 

dead calm

adj
  • Completely still with no waves and no wind. 

noun
  • The condition of a perfectly flat sea with no waves and no wind. 

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