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malevolence vs beastliness

beastliness vs malevolence

malevolence and beastliness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
malevolence Yes No No No
beastliness Yes No No No
As nouns, beastliness is a hyponym of malevolence; that is, beastliness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malevolence:
  • malevolence: the quality of threatening evil
  • beastliness: the quality of being deliberately mean
Other hyponyms of malevolence include bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, meanness.
malevolence (noun) beastliness (noun)
the quality of threatening evil unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
wishing evil to others the quality of being deliberately mean
Difference between malevolence and beastliness

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