malicious mischief vs shenanigan

shenanigan vs malicious mischief

malicious mischief and shenanigan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malicious mischief	Yes	No	No	No
shenanigan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shenanigan is a hypernym of malicious mischief; that is, shenanigan is a word with a broader meaning than malicious mischief:

malicious mischief: willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
shenanigan: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

Other hypernyms of malicious mischief include destruction, devastation, devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness.

malicious mischief (noun)	shenanigan (noun)
willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others	reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Difference between malicious mischief and shenanigan

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