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Bane vs Malignity - What's the difference?

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Bane is a related term of malignity.


As nouns the difference between bane and malignity

is that bane is dwelling, abode, residence, half dilapidated house while malignity is the quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.

bane

English

(wikipedia bane)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bane, from (etyl) bana, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse
    • the bane of my existence
  • * Herbert
    • Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.
  • (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
  • (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
  • (obsolete) destruction; death
  • * Milton
    • The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane .
  • A disease of sheep; the rot.
    • Antonyms
    * (affliction or curse) boon
    Derived terms
    * baneberry * baneful * boon and bane * wolfsbane

    Verb

    (ban)
  • To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
  • To be the bane of.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) northern dialect ban, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, Scotland) A bone

    • References

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    Anagrams

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    malignity

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.
  • * 1861 , Charles Dickens, Great Expectations , :
    • His enjoyment of the spectacle I furnished, as he sat with his arms folded on the table, shaking his head at me and hugging himself, had a malignity in it that made me tremble.
  • A non-benign cancer; a malignancy.
  • * 2005 , Jun;106(3):177-80 English abstract of French article "Multiple metastases of a mandibular ameloblastoma" R.L. Abada et al., "Multiple metastases of a mandibular ameloblastoma", Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale
    • The absence of any histological sign of malignity in the primary tumor and in the metastases, as observed in our patient, is remarkable.

    References

    * Webster's Dictionary On-line * Catholic Archives Notre Dame University * (w, Strong's Concordance) * King James Version of the Bible