Mischief vs Misery - What's the difference?
mischief | misery |
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.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
(Extreme) poverty.
Greed; avarice.
As nouns the difference between mischief and misery
is that mischief is harm or evil caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.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-makermisery
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(miseries)- Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .