Serious vs Malignant - What's the difference?
serious | malignant | Related terms |
Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn.
Important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play; needing great attention; critical.
Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving; meaningful.
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
* 1823 , The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
Serious is a related term of malignant.
As adjectives the difference between serious and malignant
is that serious is without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn while malignant is harmful, malevolent, injurious.As a noun malignant is
.serious
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious , laugh so heartily.
- This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts.
- After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* trifling, unimportant * (intending what is said) jestingDerived terms
* srs (abbreviation) * dead serious * seriously * seriousness * serious-minded * serious-mindedly * serious-mindednessExternal links
* *Statistics
*malignant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes
- malignant diphtheria
- a malignant tumor
Antonyms
* (medicine) benignNoun
(en noun)- As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants