different between callous vs malicious

English

Etymology

From Latin call?sus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -?sus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?kæl?s/
• Rhymes: -æl?s
• Homophone: callus

Adjective

callous (comparative more callous, superlative most callous)

1. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

   She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.

2. Having calluses.

Synonyms

• heartless
• insensitive

Related terms

• calloused
• callus

Translations

Noun

callous (plural callouses)

1. Alternative form of callus

English

Alternative forms

• malitious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French malicios, from Latin malitiosus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Old English yfelwillende.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l?sh'?s, IPA^(key): /m??l???s/

Adjective

malicious (comparative more malicious, superlative most malicious)

1. Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
2. spiteful and deliberately harmful

   He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.

Synonyms

• malevolent
• evil
• See also Thesaurus:evil

Derived terms

• maliciously
• maliciousness
• malicious mischief

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