Malice vs Menace - What's the difference?
malice | menace |
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:
a perceived threat or danger
* Dryden
the act of threatening
an annoying and bothersome person
To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
* Shakespeare
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
* Shakespeare
To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.
As nouns the difference between malice and menace
is that malice is intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune while menace is a perceived threat or danger.As a verb menace is
to make threats against (someone); to intimidate.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
* *Anagrams
* ----menace
English
Etymology 1
First attested ante 1300: from the (etyl) manace, menace, from the (etyl) .Noun
(menaces)- the dark menace of the distant war
References
* “menace, n.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989
Etymology 2
First attested in 1303: from the (etyl) menacer, manecier, manechier and the (etyl) manasser, from the assumed , whence .Verb
(transitive'' or ''intransitive )- to menace a country with war
- My master did menace me with death.
- By oath he menaced / Revenge upon the cardinal.
References
* “menace, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----