Magus vs Malus - What's the difference?
magus | malus |
(common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan
(special usage) a Zoroastrian priest
: Note : the two meanings overlap in classical usage— both derive from the Greco-Roman identification of "Zoroaster" as the "inventor" of astrology and magic. The first meaning ('magician') derives from the sense of "practitioner of the Zoroaster's craft", and the second meaning ('priest') from the sense of "practitioner of Zoroaster's religion".
(business) The return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
As nouns the difference between magus and malus
is that magus is (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan while malus is the return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.magus
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(es)- When bank fired the loan originator, they recovered the last two years of her bonuses under the malus clause in her contract.
