nastiness vs malevolence
malevolence vs nastinessnastiness and malevolence both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nastiness | Yes | No | No | No |
| malevolence | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
malevolence is a hypernym of
nastiness; that is, malevolence is a
word with a broader meaning than nastiness:
- nastiness: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
- malevolence: the quality of threatening evil
Other hypernyms of nastiness include
malevolency, malice.
| nastiness (noun) | malevolence (noun) |
|---|---|
| the quality of being highly unpleasant | the quality of threatening evil |
| malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | wishing evil to others |
| a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse |
Words related to "nastiness"
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