Malicious vs Mischievous - What's the difference?
malicious | mischievous |
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
Causing mischief; injurious.
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Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
As adjectives the difference between malicious and mischievous
is that malicious is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite while mischievous is causing mischief; injurious.malicious
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
Synonyms
* malevolent * evil * See alsoDerived terms
* maliciously * maliciousness * malicious mischiefmischievous
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Alternative forms
* mischievious, mischevious (common misspellings)Adjective
(en adjective)- Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.
