malevolency vs spite
spite vs malevolencymalevolency and spite both are nouns.
malevolency is not a verb while spite is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| malevolency | Yes | No | No | No |
| spite | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
spite is a hyponym of
malevolency; that is, spite is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
malevolency:
- malevolency: the quality of threatening evil
- spite: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Other hyponyms of malevolency include
bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spitefulness, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, beastliness, meanness.
| malevolency (noun) | spite (noun) |
|---|---|
| the quality of threatening evil | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty |
| feeling a need to see others suffer |
| malevolency (verb) | spite (verb) |
|---|---|
| hurt the feelings of |
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