Malice vs Depravity - What's the difference?
malice | depravity |
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
* 1981 , , Valis , ISBN 0-553-20594-3, page 67:
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
* 1850 , , White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War , ch. 34,
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
* 1914 , , The Subterranean Brotherhood , ch. 16,
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
* 1850 , ,The Scarlet Letter , ch. 8,
As nouns the difference between malice and depravity
is that malice is intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune while depravity is (uncountable) the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.malice
English
Noun
(-)- not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead.
Synonyms
* ill will * wickedness * evilnessDerived terms
* maliciousExternal links
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* ----depravity
English
Noun
(depravities)- Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
- There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities .
- Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity , and future destiny!
Synonyms
* wickednessReferences
* * * * * "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
