Word Comparison

Good

vs

Evil

/ɡʊ(d)/·/ˈivəl/

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Quite different — distinct meanings

📖 Definitions

Good

adjective

(of people)

Also: (of capabilities)

Evil

noun

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

Also: 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.

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