Difference between Wicked and Mischievous

What is the difference between Wicked and Mischievous?

Wicked as an adjective is evil or mischievous by nature; twisted. while Mischievous as an adjective is causing mischief, troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

Wicked

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Very, extremely.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Evil or mischievous by nature; twisted. Excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying. Having a wick. Infested with maggots.

Example sentence: I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.

Mischievous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Causing mischief, troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

Example sentence: I was a mischievous child. I was also on the tall side.

We hope you now know whether to use Wicked or Mischievous in your sentence.

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