Malicious vs Deceitful - What's the difference?
malicious | deceitful |
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
As adjectives the difference between malicious and deceitful
is that malicious is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite while deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating.malicious
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.