different between malignant vs furious

English

Etymology

From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l??n?nt/

Adjective

malignant (comparative more malignant, superlative most malignant)

1. Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
2. (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

   malignant diphtheria

   a malignant tumor

Antonyms

• (medicine): benign, non-malignant

Derived terms

Related terms

• nonmalignant

Translations

Noun

malignant (plural malignants)

1. A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
   • 1823, The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)

     As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […]
2. (historical, derogatory, obsolete) A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.

Latin

Verb

malignant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of malign?

English

Etymology

From Old French furieus, from Latin furi?sus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fj??.???s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fj??.i.?s/, /?fj?.i.?s/
• Hyphenation: fu?ri?ous
• Rhymes: -???i?s

Adjective

furious (comparative more furious, superlative most furious)

1. Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

Derived terms

• fast and furious
• furiousness
• overfurious

Translations