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Destructive vs Malignant - What's the difference?

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Destructive is a related term of malignant.


As adjectives the difference between destructive and malignant

is that destructive is causing destruction; damaging while malignant is harmful, malevolent, injurious.

As a noun malignant is

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destructive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing destruction; damaging.
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  • Causing breakdown or disassembly.
  • Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.

    Synonyms

    * calamitous * catastrophic * devastating * disastrous * eradicative * harmful * pernicious * ruinous * wrackful * wreckful

    Antonyms

    * constructive * nondestructive * productive

    malignant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
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  • (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
  • malignant diphtheria
    a malignant tumor

    Antonyms

    * (medicine) benign

    Noun

    (en noun)
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  • As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants
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