Malevolent vs Enmity - What's the difference?
malevolent | enmity |
having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
having an evil or harmful influence
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
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A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
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As an adjective malevolent
is having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.As a noun enmity is
the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.malevolent
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* evil * malicious * See alsoAntonyms
* benevolentenmity
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Alternative forms
: * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** enymyte * ** enemitie ** enemyte ** enemytee ** enimitie ** enimity ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** ennimitie ** inimity : * ** enmite ** enmitye ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmityNoun
(enmities)- Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.