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Malignant vs Menacing - What's the difference?

malignant | menacing | Related terms |

Malignant is a related term of menacing.


As adjectives the difference between malignant and menacing

is that malignant is harmful, malevolent, injurious while menacing is suggesting imminent harm.

As nouns the difference between malignant and menacing

is that malignant is while menacing is the act of making menaces or threats.

As a verb menacing is

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malignant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
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  • (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
    • malignant diphtheria
    a malignant tumor

    Antonyms

    * (medicine) benign

    Related terms

    * nonmalignant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1823 , The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
    • As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants
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    menacing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suggesting imminent harm.
  • Threatening.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making menaces or threats.
  • * (William Cobbett)
    • They remember his subornings, menacings , bribings, cuttings, maimings, hangings, and burnings.