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Vicious vs Addictive - What's the difference?

vicious | addictive |

As adjectives the difference between vicious and addictive

is that vicious is pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity while addictive is causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

As a noun addictive is

a drug that causes an addiction.

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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    • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * vicious circle

    Related terms

    * vice * vitiate

    addictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
    • These are addictive drugs.
  • Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
    • He has an addictive personality.

    Synonyms

    * habit-forming

    Antonyms

    * nonaddictive

    Related terms

    * addict * addicted * addicting * addiction

    Derived terms

    * addictively * addictiveness * addictive personality

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drug that causes an addiction.
  • Anything that is very habit-forming.
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