different between villainy vs depravity

English

Alternative forms

• vilanie, vilany (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English vileinie, vileynye, from Anglo-Norman vilenie, from Old French vilanie.

Noun

villainy (countable and uncountable, plural villainies)

1. Evil or wicked character or behaviour.
2. A wicked or treacherous act.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:villainy

Etymology 2

From villain +? -y.

Adjective

villainy (comparative more villainy, superlative most villainy)

1. Characteristic of a villain.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??p?æv?ti/

Noun

depravity (countable and uncountable, plural depravities)

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
2. (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
3. (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.

Synonyms

• wickedness

Related terms

• depravation
• depravedness

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “depravity”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• depravity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “depravity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
• "depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

• varityped