Felonious vs Villainous - What's the difference?
felonious | villainous |
Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious.
* (rfdate) (John Milton):
(legal) Done with intent to commit a crime.
of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain
obnoxious, offensive or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious
As adjectives the difference between felonious and villainous
is that felonious is of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious while villainous is of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.felonious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- O thievish Night, / Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, / In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?
- felonious homicide