Evil vs. Vile — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Evil and Vile
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Evil
Evil, in a general sense, is defined by what it is not—the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it is often more narrowly used to talk about profound wickedness.
Vile
Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked
A vile traitor.
Vile accusations.
Evil
Morally bad or wrong; wicked
An evil tyrant.
Vile
Disgusting; repulsive
Vile effluent running down the city streets.
Evil
Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful
The evil effects of a poor diet.
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Vile
Unpleasant or objectionable
Vile weather.
Evil
Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous
Evil omens.
Vile
Miserably poor and degrading; wretched
A vile existence.
Evil
Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous
An evil reputation.
Vile
Morally low; base; despicable.
Vile accusation
Vile man
Evil
Characterized by anger or spite; malicious
An evil temper.
Vile
Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.
I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.
Vile taste
Vile smell
Vile smile
Vile substance
Vile weather
Evil
The quality of being morally bad or wrong; wickedness.
Vile
Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
A poor man in vile raiment.
The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were [was] more vile than the science of physic.
The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing.
Evil
That which causes harm, misfortune, or destruction
A leader's power to do both good and evil.
Vile
Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad.
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee ?
Evil
An evil force, power, or personification.
Vile
Morally reprehensible;
Would do something as despicable as murder
Ugly crimes
The vile development of slavery appalled them
Evil
Something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction
The social evils of poverty and injustice.
Vile
Thoroughly unpleasant;
Filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having
Evil
In an evil manner.
Vile
Causing or able to cause nausea;
A nauseating smell
Nauseous offal
A sickening stench
Evil
Intending to harm; malevolent.
An evil plot to brainwash and even kill innocent people
Evil
Morally corrupt.
If something is evil, it is never mandatory.
Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?
Evil
Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
Evil
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
Evil
(obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
An evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop
Evil
Undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.
Evil
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
The evils of society include murder and theft.
Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.
Evil
Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
Evil
(obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in combination, as in king's evil, colt evil.
Evil
(obsolete) wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
Evil
(obsolete) injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
Evil
(obsolete) badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
It went evil with him.
Evil
Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.
A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit.
Evil
Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.
Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,When death's approach is seen so terrible.
Evil
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel.
The owl shrieked at thy birth - an evil sign.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
It almost led him to believe in the evil eye.
Evil
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; - opposed to good.
Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought.
The evil that men do lives after them.
Evil
Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
The heart of the sons of men is full of evil.
Evil
Malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil.
Evil
In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.
It went evil with his house.
The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us.
Evil
Morally objectionable behavior
Evil
That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune;
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones
Evil
The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;
Attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world
Evil
Morally bad or wrong;
Evil purposes
An evil influence
Evil deeds
Evil
Having the nature of vice
Evil
Tending to cause great harm
Evil
Having or exerting a malignant influence;
Malevolent stars
A malefic force
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