Wickedness vs Malignity - What's the difference?
wickedness | malignity | Related terms |
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.
The quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.
* 1861 , Charles Dickens, Great Expectations , :
A non-benign cancer; a malignancy.
* 2005 , Jun;106(3):177-80
Wickedness is a related term of malignity.
As nouns the difference between wickedness and malignity
is that wickedness is the state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality while malignity is the quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.wickedness
English
(wikipedia wickedness)Noun
(es)- We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.
Quotations
* *: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.References
* *malignity
English
Noun
- His enjoyment of the spectacle I furnished, as he sat with his arms folded on the table, shaking his head at me and hugging himself, had a malignity in it that made me tremble.
English abstract of French article"Multiple metastases of a mandibular ameloblastoma" R.L. Abada et al., "Multiple metastases of a mandibular ameloblastoma", Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale
- The absence of any histological sign of malignity in the primary tumor and in the metastases, as observed in our patient, is remarkable.
References
*Webster's Dictionary On-line*
Catholic Archives Notre Dame University* (w, Strong's Concordance) * King James Version of the Bible