evil vs malevolence

evil and malevolence both are nouns.

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

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

evil (noun)	malevolence (noun)
morally objectionable behavior	the quality of threatening evil
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice	wishing evil to others

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