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Shocking vs Vicious - What's the difference?

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Shocking is a related term of vicious.


As adjectives the difference between shocking and vicious

is that shocking is inspiring shock; startling while vicious is pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

As a verb shocking

is .

As a noun shocking

is the application of an electric shock.

shocking

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Inspiring shock; startling
  • Unusually obscene or lewd
  • (colloquial) Extremely bad

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    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The application of an electric shock.
  • * 2005 , Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet
    • We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings , beatings, brandings,

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    vicious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
  • *:We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious .
  • Evil, immoral or depraved.
  • Violent, destructive and cruel.
  • Savage and aggressive.
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    Derived terms

    * vicious circle

    Related terms

    * vice * vitiate