malice vs cattiness
cattiness vs malicemalice and cattiness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| malice | Yes | No | No | No |
| cattiness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
cattiness is a hyponym of
malice; that is, cattiness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
malice:
- malice: the quality of threatening evil
- cattiness: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Other hyponyms of malice include
bitchiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, beastliness, meanness.
| malice (noun) | cattiness (noun) |
|---|---|
| the quality of threatening evil | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty |
| feeling a need to see others suffer |
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