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meanness vs malice

malice vs meanness

meanness and malice both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
meanness Yes No No No
malice Yes No No No
As nouns, malice is a hypernym of meanness; that is, malice is a word with a broader meaning than meanness:
  • meanness: the quality of being deliberately mean
  • malice: the quality of threatening evil
Other hypernyms of meanness include malevolence, malevolency.
meanness (noun) malice (noun)
the quality of being deliberately mean the quality of threatening evil
extreme stinginess feeling a need to see others suffer
Difference between meanness and malice

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