Malicious vs Suborned - What's the difference?
malicious | suborned |
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
(suborn)
To induce to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury
To procure privately, or by collusion; to incite secretly; to instigate.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
As an adjective malicious
is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite.As a verb suborned is
(suborn).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 mischiefsuborned
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *suborn
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Verb
(en verb)- Thou art suborned against his honour.
- Those who by despair suborn their death.
