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maliciousness vs malevolence

malevolence vs maliciousness

maliciousness and malevolence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maliciousness Yes No No No
malevolence Yes No No No
As nouns, malevolence is a hypernym of maliciousness; that is, malevolence is a word with a broader meaning than maliciousness:
  • maliciousness: feeling a need to see others suffer
  • malevolence: wishing evil to others
Other hypernyms of maliciousness include malignity.
maliciousness (noun) malevolence (noun)
feeling a need to see others suffer the quality of threatening evil
wishing evil to others
Difference between maliciousness and malevolence

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