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malevolent program vs virus

virus vs malevolent program

malevolent program and virus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
malevolent program Yes No No No
virus Yes No No No
As nouns, virus is a hyponym of malevolent program; that is, virus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malevolent program:
  • malevolent program: a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects
  • virus: a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
Other hyponyms of malevolent program include logic bomb, slag code, trojan, trojan horse, computer virus, worm.
malevolent program (noun) virus (noun)
a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
a harmful or corrupting agency
Difference between malevolent program and virus

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