Devious vs Malicious - What's the difference?
devious | malicious |
Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
* 1839 , Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
As adjectives the difference between devious and malicious
is that devious is deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard while malicious is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite.devious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.
malicious
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.