malevolence vs venom

malevolence and venom both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malevolence	Yes	No	No	No
venom	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, venom is a hyponym of malevolence; that is, venom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malevolence:

Other hyponyms of malevolence include maleficence, malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, vengefulness, vindictiveness.

malevolence (noun)	venom (noun)
the quality of threatening evil	feeling a need to see others suffer
wishing evil to others	toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)