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Vituperative vs Malicious - What's the difference?

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Vituperative is a related term of malicious.


As adjectives the difference between vituperative and malicious

is that vituperative is marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing while malicious is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite.

vituperative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing
  • * 1598 :
    • Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities.
  • * 2009 " [ Jeffrey St. Clair]], [[http://www.counterpunch.org www.counterpunch.org]
    • The injunction also became a pretext for yet another round of Vituperative cant from Idaho's reactionary congressional delegation against provoking folks like hippie Roselle.[http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair10302009.html]

    Synonyms

    * (marked by harsh verbal abuse) abusive, censorious, invective, ranting, scolding

    Related terms

    * vituper * vituperable * vituperant * vituperate * vituperation * vituperatively * vituperator * vituperatory * vituperous * vituperously * vitupery

    References

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    malicious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
  • spiteful and deliberately harmful
    • He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

    Synonyms

    * malevolent * evil * See also

    Derived terms

    * maliciously * maliciousness * malicious mischief