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evilness vs badness

badness vs evilness

evilness and badness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
evilness Yes No No No
badness Yes No No No
As nouns, badness is a hypernym of evilness; that is, badness is a word with a broader meaning than evilness:
  • evilness: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
  • badness: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Other hypernyms of evilness include immorality, bad.
evilness (noun) badness (noun)
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
an attribute of mischievous children
Difference between evilness and badness

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