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vice | wicked |

As adverbs the difference between vice and wicked

is that vice is more while wicked is (slang|new england|british) very, extremely.

As an adjective wicked is

evil or mischievous by nature or wicked can be having a wick.

As a noun wicked is

people who are wickedoxford dictionary [http://wwwoxfordadvancedlearnersdictionarycom/dictionary/wicked_2].

As a verb wicked is

(wick).

vice

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bad habit.
  • Smoking is a vice , not a virtue.
  • (legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
  • A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
  • * From the case of Scholefield v. Robb (1839).
  • Antonyms
    * (bad habit) virtue
    Derived terms
    * vice squad

    See also

    * habit

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ; akin to English withy.

    Alternative forms

    * vise (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
  • A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
  • (obsolete) A grip or grasp.
  • * 1597 , , II. I. 22:
  • Fang. An I but fist him once; an a’ come but within my vice ,–

    Verb

    (vic)
  • To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
  • * 1610 , , I. ii. 416:
  • Camillo. As he had seen’t, or been an instrument / To vice you to't, that you have touched his queen / Forbiddenly
  • * De Quincey
  • The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) , ablative form of vicis.

    Adjective

    vice (no comparative or superlative)
  • in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
  • vice president
    vice admiral
    Derived terms
    * vice admiral * vice governor * vice mayor * vice president

    Preposition

    (head)
  • instead of, in place of
  • A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
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    wicked

    English

    Etymology 1

    1225-75 (etyl) wikked, wikke, an alteration of wicke, adjectival use of (etyl)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Evil or mischievous by nature.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
  • (slang)  Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
  • Usage notes
    * Nouns to which "wicked" is often applied: witch, person, man, woman, angel, deed, act, pleasure, delight, game, way, night, word.
    Synonyms
    * (evil or mischievous) evil, immoral, malevolent, malicious, nefarious, twisted, villainous, See also * awesome, bad, cool, dope, excellent, far out, groovy, hot, rad, See also
    Derived terms
    * wickedly * wickedness * wicked tongue

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang, New England, British) Very, extremely.
  • The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!
    Synonyms
    * hella, helluv (primarily Northern California slang )

    Noun

  • People who are wicked.Oxford dictionary [http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/wicked_2].
  • Etymology 2

    See (wick)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wick)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a wick.
  • a two-wicked lamp
  • (British, dialect, chiefly, Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.