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Malicious vs Evill - What's the difference?

malicious | evill |

As adjectives the difference between malicious and evill

is that malicious is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite while evill is obsolete spelling of evil.

As a noun evill is

obsolete spelling of evil.

malicious

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(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.

    Synonyms

    * malevolent * evil * See also

    Derived terms

    * maliciously * maliciousness * malicious mischief

    evill

    English

    Adjective

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    • Noun

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