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malevolency vs cruelness

cruelness vs malevolency

malevolency and cruelness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
malevolency Yes No No No
cruelness Yes No No No
As nouns, cruelness is a hyponym of malevolency; that is, cruelness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malevolency:
  • malevolency: the quality of threatening evil
  • cruelness: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
Other hyponyms of malevolency include bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, cruelty, harshness, beastliness, meanness.
malevolency (noun) cruelness (noun)
the quality of threatening evil the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
Difference between malevolency and cruelness

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