maleficence vs balefulness

maleficence and balefulness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, maleficence and balefulness are synonyms defined as:

maleficence and balefulness: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

Other synonyms of maleficence include mischief.

maleficence (noun)	balefulness (noun)
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil	the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
doing or causing evil