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Cruel vs Depraved - What's the difference?

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Cruel is a related term of depraved.


As adjectives the difference between cruel and depraved

is that cruel is not nice; mean; heartless while depraved is perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.

As verbs the difference between cruel and depraved

is that cruel is to spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) while depraved is (deprave).

cruel

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Not nice; mean; heartless.
  • The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
  • (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
  • Synonyms

    * brutal * sadistic * vicious

    Antonyms

    * merciful

    Derived terms

    * cruelly

    Verb

  • To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
  • Anagrams

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    depraved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (deprave)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
  • Derived terms

    * depravedly * depravedness

    Anagrams

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