Difference between Evil and Malign

EVIL vs MALIGN: NOUN

That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
Something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction.
An evil force, power, or personification.
That which causes harm, misfortune, or destruction.
The quality of being morally bad or wrong; wickedness.
Morally objectionable behavior
Any particular individual or state which may follow these forces or behaviors.
The forces/behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good. Evil generally seeks own benefit at the expense of others and is based on general malevolence.
Malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.
Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good.
A harmful or wrong deed.
Conduct contrary to the standard of morals or righteousness, or a disposition toward such conduct; violation of the moral law; harmful intention or purpose.
A malady or disease: as, the king's evil (which see, below).
Anything that causes injury, as to the body, mind, or feelings; anything that harms or is likely to harm.
A halter.
The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
A fork; a hayfork.

Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous.
The Devil; Satan.
Speaking ill of others; calumny; censoriousness.
An eye which inflicts injury by some magical or fascinating influence. It is still believed by the ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the supernatural power of injuring by a look.
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous
Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious.
Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor
Characterized by anger or spite; malicious.
Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous.
Tending to cause great harm
Morally bad or wrong
Morally corrupt.
Having the nature of vice
Having or exerting a malignant influence
Morally bad or wrong; wicked.
Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
Unpleasant.
Intending to harm; malevolent.
Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful.

Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure.
Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
Intending or threatening harm or ill will; malevolent.
Evil or harmful in nature or effect.
Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
Malevolent.
Having or exerting a malignant influence
Evil or harmful in nature or influence

To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about (someone).
To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.
To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.

Injuriously.
The good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare
3 and Bad, vile, base, vicious, wicked, iniquitous.
Proceeding from, due to, or purporting to be due to immorality or badness of conduct or character.
Contrary to an accepted standard of right or righteousness; inconsistent with or violating the moral law; bad; sinful; wicked: as, evil deeds; an evil heart.
Proceeding from a desire to injure; hostile.
Having harmful qualities or characteristics; productive of or attended by harm or injury; hurtful to the body, mind, or feelings; effecting mischief, trouble, or pain; bad: as, an evil genius; evil laws.
Compar. usually worse, superl. worst (see bad), or more evil, most evil (rarely eviler, evilest).
To fall ill or sick.
Not well; ill.
Not happily; unfortunately.
Not virtuously; not innocently.

To treat with extreme enmity; injure maliciously.
To speak evil of; traduce; defame; vilify.
Synonyms Defame, Calumniate, etc. See asperse.
To entertain malice.
Having a very evil disposition toward others; harboring violent hatred or enmity; malicious.
Unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; likely to do or cause great harm: as, the malign influence of a designing knave.
In astrology, having an evil influence.
Malignant.
Synonyms See list under malignant.

Unholy, Immorality, Immoral, Despicable, Fiendish, Diabolic, Vile, Devilish, Sinister, Diabolical, Wicked, Satanic, Demonic, Malevolent, Wickedness

Vilify, Smear, Belittle, Defame, Discredit, Drag through the mud, Harmful, Malefic, Malignant, Maleficent, Badmouth, Injurious, Evil, Malevolent, Traduce

Unholy, Immorality, Immoral, Despicable, Fiendish, Diabolic, Vile, Devilish, Sinister, Diabolical, Wicked, Satanic, Demonic, Malevolent, Wickedness

Sinister, Slander, Vilify, Smear, Belittle, Discredit, Harmful, Malefic, Malignant, Maleficent, Badmouth, Injurious, Evil, Malevolent, Traduce

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Thus, pain or sorrow for that which is truly evil cannot be the greatest evil.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Western traditions, evil is expressed through deities, who are seldom completely evil.
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American citizens, their malign influence throughout the region.
But Christians can fight against such malign influences.
Russian malign activity targeted at our civil society.
Harvest do not wish to malign these men.
The OP shows a malign tendency in libertarianism?
Even education is subject to this malign influence.
HOA book; is not an attempt to malign HOA boards, is not an attempt to malign any HOA board members.