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Malefactor vs Malignant - What's the difference?

malefactor | malignant |

As nouns the difference between malefactor and malignant

is that malefactor is a criminal or felon while malignant is .

As an adjective malignant is

harmful, malevolent, injurious.

malefactor

English

Alternative forms

* malefactour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A criminal or felon.
  • An evildoer.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * benefactor

    Related terms

    * maleficent

    malignant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
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    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes
  • (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
    • malignant diphtheria
    a malignant tumor

    Antonyms

    * (medicine) benign

    Related terms

    * nonmalignant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1823 , The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
    • 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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