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