Malicious vs Detestable - What's the difference?

Malicious is a related term of detestable.

is that malicious is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite while detestable is detestable, despicable.

* (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite

spiteful and deliberately harmful

He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

* malevolent * evil * See also

* maliciously * maliciousness * malicious mischief

(en adjective)

Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

* Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

* detestableness