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malevolency vs evilness

evilness vs malevolency

malevolency and evilness both are nouns.

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

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