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Aggression vs Viciousness - What's the difference?

aggression | viciousness |

As nouns the difference between aggression and viciousness

is that aggression is the act of initiating hostilities or invasion while viciousness is the characteristic of being vicious.

aggression

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
  • The practice or habit of launching attacks.
  • Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.

    • Antonyms

    * nonaggression

    Derived terms

    * war of aggression * microaggression

    Related terms

    * aggress * aggressive * aggressiveness * aggressor

    External links

    * (wikipedia) * * ----

    viciousness

    English

    Noun

  • the characteristic of being vicious
  • the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

    • Synonyms

    * (being vicious) viciosity, vitiosity