different between threat vs malware

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: thr?t, IPA^(key): /???t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þr?at (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þraut? (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”), whence also Middle Low German dr?t (“threat, menace, danger”), Middle High German dr?z (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), Latin tr?d? (“push”, verb).

Noun

threat (plural threats)

1. An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3

     There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.

2. An indication of potential or imminent danger.
3. A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.

Usage notes

Adjectives at least commonly used along with the noun: existential, possible

Derived terms

• idle threat

Related terms

• threaten
• threatening

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English threten, from Old English þr?atian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”). Akin to Middle Dutch dr?ten (“to threaten”).

Verb

threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)

1. (transitive) To press; urge; compel.
2. (transitive, archaic) To threaten.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:

     An hideous Geant horrible and hye, / That with his talnesse seemd to threat the skye […]

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, V. i. 37:

     O yes, and soundless too; / For you have stolen their buzzing, Antony, / And very wisely threat before you sting.

3. (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.

Anagrams

• Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're

English

Etymology

Blend of malicious +? software.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæl.we?(?)/
• Hyphenation: mal?ware

Noun

malware (usually uncountable, plural malwares)

1. (computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:malware

Translations

Descendants

See also

Further reading

• malware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m

1. (computing) malware

   Synonym: škodlivý software

Declension

Further reading

• malware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware (singular definite ?, plural indefinite malware)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: skadelig software

Further reading

• malware on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l.???r/ (usually pronounced in a way approximating the English)
• Hyphenation: mal?ware

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

1. malware

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.lw??/

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonyms: maliciel, logiciel malveillant, (rare) logiciel nuisible, (rare) pourriciel

Further reading

• logiciel malveillant on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware m (uncountable)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software dannoso

Further reading

• malware on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maw?w??/

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computer security) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software malicioso

Further reading

• malware on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware n (plural (rare) malware-uri)

1. (computing) malware

   Synonyms: software r?u inten?ionat, (rare) software d?un?tor

Declension

Further reading

• software r?u inten?ionat on the Romanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?malwe?/, [?ma.lwe?]

Noun

malware m (plural malwares)

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

   Synonym: software malicioso

Further reading

• malware on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English malware.

Noun

malware

1. (computing) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)

Further reading

• malware on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl