malevolency vs nastiness
nastiness vs malevolencymalevolency and nastiness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| malevolency | Yes | No | No | No |
| nastiness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
nastiness is a hyponym of
malevolency; that is, nastiness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
malevolency:
- malevolency: the quality of threatening evil
- nastiness: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Other hyponyms of malevolency include
bitchiness, cattiness, spite, spitefulness, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, beastliness, meanness.
| malevolency (noun) | nastiness (noun) |
|---|---|
| the quality of threatening evil | the quality of being highly unpleasant |
| malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | |
| a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse |
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