malice vs evilness
evilness vs malicemalice and evilness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| malice | Yes | No | No | No |
| evilness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
evilness is a hypernym of
malice; that is, evilness is a
word with a broader meaning than malice:
- malice: the quality of threatening evil
- evilness: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
Other hypernyms of malice include
evil.
| malice (noun) | evilness (noun) |
|---|---|
| the quality of threatening evil | the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
| feeling a need to see others suffer |
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