Morphology Lesson

• ​Beneficial: Means helpful, useful, or valuable 

• Benefactor: A person who helps people or institutions, especially with financial help 

• Beneficent: Means doing or producing good 

• Benediction: A blessing or ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection 

• Benevolent: Means showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding 

• Benign: Means kind in disposition or manner 

• Benefit: Means something that aids or promotes well-being 

• Beneficiary: Means the recipient of funds or other advantages

​benefactor (n)
a person who helps people or institutions, usually by giving money

​benevolent (adj)
motivated by sympathy, kindness, or understanding

​benefit (n)
something that aids (helps) or promotes well-being

​beneficial(adj)

helpful, useful, or valuable

The person that receives is the beneficiary
The person that gives is the benefactor
The gift is the benefit.
If the gift helps you it is described as beneficial.
The benefactor is usally a benevolent person.