evil vs maleficence

evil and maleficence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
evil	Yes	Yes	No	No
maleficence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maleficence is a hyponym of evil; that is, maleficence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than evil:

evil (noun)	maleficence (noun)
morally objectionable behavior	the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice	doing or causing evil

evil (adjective)	maleficence (adjective)
morally bad or wrong
having or exerting a malignant influence
having the nature of vice