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Maleficent vs. Munificent — What's the Difference?

Maleficent vs. Munificent — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Maleficent and Munificent

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Maleficent

Maleficent ( or ) is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' 16th animated feature film, Sleeping Beauty (1959). She is represented as an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday.Maleficent is based on the evil fairy godmother character in Charles Perrault's fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, as well as the villainess who appears in the Brothers Grimm's retelling of the story, Little Briar Rose.

Munificent

Very liberal in giving; generous
A munificent benefactor.

Maleficent

Causing harm or destruction, especially by supernatural means
He did not act with any maleficent motivation
A maleficent deity

Munificent

Showing great generosity
A munificent gift.

Maleficent

Harmful or malicious in intent or effect.
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Munificent

(of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.

Maleficent

Harmful or evil in intent or effect.

Munificent

(of a gift, donation, etc.) Very generous; lavish.

Maleficent

Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.

Munificent

Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor.

Maleficent

Harmful or evil in intent or effect

Munificent

Very generous;
Distributed gifts with a lavish hand
The critics were lavish in their praise
A munificent gift
His father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
Prodigal praise
Unsparing generosity
His unstinted devotion
Called for unstinting aid to Britain

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