Difference between Meanspirited and Mean

What is the difference between Meanspirited and Mean?

Meanspirited as an adjective is having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition. while Mean as an adjective is causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.

Meanspirited

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition.

Mean

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An intermediate step or intermediate steps.The average, the arithmetic mean.Loosely, an intermediate value or range of values; a mid-value; a vague average.Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convey, signify, or indicate.To want or intend to convey.To intend; to plan on doing.To have conviction in what one says.To have intentions of a some kind.To result in; to bring about.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.Miserly; stingy.Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.Low in quality; inferior.Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.

Example sentence: Boldness doesn't mean rude, obnoxious, loud, or disrespectful. Being bold is being firm, sure, confident, fearless, daring, strong, resilient, and not easily intimidated. It means you're willing to go where you've never been, willing to try what you've never tried, and willing to trust what you've never trusted. Boldness is quiet, not noisy.

We hope you now know whether to use Meanspirited or Mean in your sentence.

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