Deviling vs. Fiend

Devilingnoun

(obsolete) A young devil.

Fiendnoun

A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.

Devilingnoun

A young devil.

Fiendnoun

A very evil person.

Fiendnoun

(obsolete) An enemy; a foe.

Fiendnoun

The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.

Fiendnoun

(informal) An addict or fanatic.

‘He's been a jazz fiend since his teenage years.’;

Fiendverb

To yearn; to be desperate (for something).

Fiendnoun

An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; - applied specifically to the devil or a demon.

‘Into this wild abyss the wary fiendStood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.’; ‘O woman! woman! when to ill thy mindIs bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.’;

Fiendnoun

a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Fiendnoun

one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief

Fiendnoun

a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause);

‘A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject’;