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maleficence vs evilness

evilness vs maleficence

maleficence and evilness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maleficence Yes No No No
evilness Yes No No No
As nouns, evilness is a hypernym of maleficence; that is, evilness is a word with a broader meaning than maleficence:
  • maleficence: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
  • evilness: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Other hypernyms of maleficence include evil.
maleficence (noun) evilness (noun)
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
doing or causing evil
Difference between maleficence and evilness

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