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evil vs malignance

malignance vs evil

evil and malignance both are nouns.

evil is an adjective but malignance is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
evil Yes Yes No No
malignance Yes No No No
As nouns, malignance is a hyponym of evil; that is, malignance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than evil:
  • evil: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
  • malignance: quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
Other hyponyms of evil include malevolence, malevolency, malice, malignancy, malignity, balefulness, maleficence, mischief, worst, nefariousness, ugliness, vileness, wickedness, reprehensibility, villainousness, villainy, perverseness, perversity, error, wrongdoing, frailty, vice, Four Horsemen.
evil (noun) malignance (noun)
morally objectionable behavior quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
evil (adjective) malignance (adjective)
morally bad or wrong
having or exerting a malignant influence
having the nature of vice
Difference between evil and malignance

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