Harm vs Malice - What's the difference?
harm | malice | Synonyms |
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
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, title= That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
* (William Shakespeare)
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
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As nouns the difference between harm and malice
is that harm is injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune while malice is intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.As a verb harm
is to cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.harm
English
(wikipedia harm)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
- We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.Derived terms
* do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmedAnagrams
* ----malice
English
Noun
(-)- not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.