Difference between Despiteful and Malicious

What is the difference between Despiteful and Malicious?

Despiteful as an adjective is full of despite. while Malicious as an adjective is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite

Despiteful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Full of despite. Expressing malice or contemptuous hate.

Malicious

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spiteDeliberately harmful; spiteful

Example sentence: Women have said the most malicious, disgusting things about me. But I know that when somebody comments about you, good or bad, it is 99 percent of the time their projection of how they feel about themselves.

We hope you now know whether to use Despiteful or Malicious in your sentence.

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