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mischievousness vs malicious mischief

malicious mischief vs mischievousness

mischievousness and malicious mischief both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mischievousness Yes No No No
malicious mischief Yes No No No
As nouns, malicious mischief is a hyponym of mischievousness; that is, malicious mischief is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mischievousness:
  • mischievousness: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
  • malicious mischief: willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
Other hyponyms of mischievousness include blaze, hell, monkey business, hooliganism, vandalism.
mischievousness (noun) malicious mischief (noun)
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others
an attribute of mischievous children
the trait of behaving like an imp
Difference between mischievousness and malicious mischief

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