Mischief and Malice

Mischief

Mischief noun - Playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm.

Malice and mischief are semantically related in evil topic. In some cases you can use "Malice" instead a noun "Mischief", when it comes to topics like wickedness.

Malice

Malice noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Mischief and malice are semantically related in evil topic. Sometimes you can use "Mischief" instead a noun "Malice", if it concerns topics such as wickedness.

Nearby Word: malicious

How words are described

human human mischief human malice
pure pure mischief pure malice
usual usual mischief usual malice
original original mischief original malice
Other adjectives: sheer, real, little, novel, innocent, general, greater, random, various.
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