Devil
Devil noun - An evil spirit.
Wickedness and devil are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wickedness" instead a noun "Devil".
Wickedness
Wickedness noun - Playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm.
Devil and wickedness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devil" instead a noun "Wickedness".
How words are described
| true | true devil | true wickedness |
| unrepentant | unrepentant devil | unrepentant wickedness |
Both words in one sentence
- But the devil, as being a spirit of wickedness, is able to recognise the higher spiritual world, of which his maker the Demiurge, who is only animal, has no knowledge.
Source: Useful Notes / Gnosticism - Kosutic, as a Satanist, uses "Papists" where most people would use devil-worshippers and swears by "His Wickedness" where most people would swear by Jesus or God.
Source: Literature / Prince Roger -
It turns out to be exactly correct, but not in the way she meant — her wickedness was worse than the standards the Devil considers acceptable and he disguised himself as the Opinicus on her return trip to personally carry her off to Hell.
Source: Foreshadowing
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