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nastiness vs malice

malice vs nastiness

nastiness and malice both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nastiness Yes No No No
malice Yes No No No
As nouns, malice is a hypernym of nastiness; that is, malice is a word with a broader meaning than nastiness:
  • nastiness: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
  • malice: the quality of threatening evil
Other hypernyms of nastiness include malevolence, malevolency.
nastiness (noun) malice (noun)
the quality of being highly unpleasant the quality of threatening evil
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty feeling a need to see others suffer
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Difference between nastiness and malice

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