Mischief vs Evilness - What's the difference?
mischief | evilness |
Harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
One who causes mischief. In a milder sense, one who causes petty annoyances. mischief-maker.
Vexatious or annoying conduct.
The quality or state of being evil.
As nouns the difference between mischief and evilness
is that mischief is harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause while evilness is the quality or state of being evil.mischief
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(en noun)Quotations
* 1914–1915' "I fear this means that there is some '''mischief afoot." — Sherlock Holmes in ''.Synonyms
* (evil) agitation, annoyance, corruption, damage, demolition, destruction, detriment, disablement, disruption, evil, harm, hurt, ill, impairment, incapacitation, injury, nuisance, pique, ravage, sabotage, scathe, trouble, undoing, unmaking, vexation, weakening, wrong * (mischief-maker) bad boy, booger, buffoon, bugger, cutup, devil, elf, enfant terrible, fun-maker, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, knave, life of the party, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, minx, mischief-maker, pixie, practical joker, prankster, puck, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, thug, trouble maker, vandal, wag * (annoying conduct) bad manners, badness, delinquincy, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, disobedience, elfishness, goings-on, hanky-panky, impishness, impropriety, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdemeanor, monkey business, naughtiness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, scampishness * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* malicious mischief * mischievous * mischievously * mischievousness * mischief-makerevilness
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(-)- Many people think that Adolf Hitler's actions in World War II were of utmost evilness.