Malice vs Antipathy - What's the difference?
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Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
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Contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.
* Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. --Washington.
Natural contrariety; incompatibility; repugnancy of qualities; as, oil and water have antipathy.
* A habit is generated of thinking that a natural antipathy exists between hope and reason. --I. Taylor.
Malice is a related term of antipathy.
As nouns the difference between malice and antipathy
is that malice is intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune while antipathy is contrariety or opposition in feeling; settled aversion or dislike; repugnance; distaste.malice
English
Noun
(-)- not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.