Vice vs Wicked - What's the difference?
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A bad habit.
(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).
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:
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
* 1610 , , I. ii. 416:
* De Quincey
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
instead of, in place of
Evil or mischievous by nature.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.
(slang, New England, British) Very, extremely.
People who are wicked.Oxford dictionary [http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/wicked_2].
(wick)
Having a wick.
(British, dialect, chiefly, Yorkshire) Infested with maggots.
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)- Smoking is a vice , not a virtue.
Antonyms
* (bad habit) virtueDerived terms
* vice squadSee also
* habitEtymology 2
From (etyl) ; akin to English withy.Alternative forms
* vise (US)Noun
(en noun)- Fang. An I but fist him once; an a’ come but within my vice ,–
Verb
(vic)- Camillo. As he had seen’t, or been an instrument / To vice you to't, that you have touched his queen / Forbiddenly
- 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)- vice president
- vice admiral
Derived terms
* vice admiral * vice governor * vice mayor * vice presidentPreposition
(head)- A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
wicked
English
Etymology 1
1225-75 (etyl) wikked, wikke, an alteration of wicke, adjectival use of (etyl)Adjective
(en-adj)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”. […]’.}}
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 alsoDerived terms
* wickedly * wickedness * wicked tongueAdverb
(-)- The band we went to see the other night was wicked loud!
Synonyms
* hella, helluv (primarily Northern California slang )Noun
Etymology 2
See (wick)Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- a two-wicked lamp