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Malevolence vs Odium - What's the difference?

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Malevolence is a related term of odium.


As nouns the difference between malevolence and odium

is that malevolence is hostile attitude or feeling while odium is hatred; dislike.

malevolence

English

Noun

(-)
  • Hostile attitude or feeling.
  • To show someone malevolence .
    He said it with malevolence .
  • Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
  • Synonyms

    * (attitude or feeling) ill-will, malice, spite

    odium

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Hatred; dislike.
  • His conduct brought him into odium''', or, brought '''odium upon him.
  • The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
  • * Dryden
  • She threw the odium of the fact on me.