Timeline for Health risk vs healthy risk
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| Aug 7, 2020 at 22:30 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | @Coco Gambling (in moderation) could also be considered a healthy risk. You risk losing money, but it's good for your health in terms of relaxation. There are many things that, in this context, could be considered a healthy risk. In both of these cases, it's health risk that would actually be the wrong term, because you're not risking your health. Instead, you're taking a chance that's healthy in terms of your overall well-being. | |
| Aug 7, 2020 at 22:29 | comment | added | Coco | @JasonBassford I think in the dating case, we would more commonly say “there is a potential of being rejected” rather than “healthy risk”? But like you said, the definition of risk sometimes may depend on the person who use the word, though “healthy risk” is ... really rare and paradoxical. I may never see the phrase and probably created the phrase myself. | |
| Aug 7, 2020 at 22:18 | comment | added | Coco | Thank you! It helps a lot. I have a general question about grammar. If a phrase is in the form adj+n, is the adj used to describe n? And if a phrase is in the form noun 1+noun 2, does it mean noun 2 related to noun 1 (such as safety rule, rules related to safety)? | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 5:43 | comment | added | CuriosityCalls | @Jason Bassford, you’re right, which is exactly why I specifically wrote, “[…] if the risk were related to an individual's well-being […]”, and didn’t just generalize the word “risk”. In your example, the risk is associated with being rejected, but that doesn’t necessarily entail any negative consequences for your health or well-being. You might be sad for a while because your expectations weren’t met, but you wouldn’t necessarily fall ill. In OP’s question, the risk is associated directly to one’s medical health. In that case, it is impossible to have a “healthy risk”. | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 1:52 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | It depends on your definition of risk. In theory, dating could be considered a healthy risk. You risk rejection, but it's also a good way of practising social skills and gaining confidence. It's a risk that, if approached properly, helps your emotional and mental states. It's a mistake to say that the phrase itself is wrong. (Your definition of risk is only one of several possible senses.) | |
| Jul 27, 2020 at 0:16 | history | answered | CuriosityCalls | CC BY-SA 4.0 |