Difference between Malevolent and Vicious

MALEVOLENT vs VICIOUS: NOUN

Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
Having or exerting a malignant influence
Having a harmful influence.
Having an evil or harmful influence
Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.
Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious.
Extremely malevolent or malicious

Synonyms Evil-minded, ill-disposed, spiteful, resentful, bitter, rancorous, malignant. See animosity.
In astrology, tending to exert an evil influence: thus, Saturn is said to be a malevolent planet.
Having an evil disposition toward another or others; wishing evil to others; rejoicing in another's misfortune; malicious; hostile.

Characterized by vice or imperfection; faulty; defective.
Addicted to vice; habitually transgressing moral law; depraved; profligate; wicked.
Contrary to moral principles or to rectitude; perverse; pernicious; evil; bad.
Impure; foul; vitiated: as, vicious humors.
Faulty; incorrect; not pure; corrupt: as, a vicious style.
Not well broken or trained; given to objectionable tricks: said of an animal.
Characterized by severity; virulent; malignant; spiteful: as, a vicious attack.
Synonyms and Wicked, Depraved, etc. (see criminal), unprincipled, licentious, profligate.
Refractory, ugly.
Deliberately harmful
Marked by deep ill will

Mischievous, Cattish, Beady eyed, Venomed, Catty, Bitchy, Poisonous, Venomous, Vicious, Malicious, Malignant, Malefic, Malign, Maleficent, Evil

Ferocious, Fell, Roughshod, Malicious, Poisonous, Inhumane, Evil, Malevolent, Barbarous, Depraved, Wicked, Cruel, Venomous, Brutal, Savage

Mischievous, Venomed, Cattish, Beady eyed, Catty, Bitchy, Poisonous, Venomous, Vicious, Malicious, Malignant, Malefic, Malign, Maleficent, Evil

Ferocious, Fell, Roughshod, Malicious, Poisonous, Inhumane, Evil, Malevolent, Barbarous, Depraved, Wicked, Cruel, Venomous, Brutal, Savage

Delay the PPS serves to impede malevolent attacks.
His actions were panicky, not spiteful or malevolent.
Nicasio uses dueling terms for more malevolent ends.
Or, perhaps, it is the angel, turned malevolent.
It bears a form both wretched and malevolent.
Its color is dark, but not malevolent looking.
Or did something greater guide this malevolent mind?
The malevolent consequences of sin are very real.
Still others embraced the lie for malevolent purposes.
Malevolent, Nex gear like malevolent, Nex gear like Torva, anything augmented, etc etc.

Spike and Vicious turned out very well too.
Much of the movie is just plain vicious.
We can help you exit this vicious cycle.
Joseph, they hated him with a vicious hatred.
It is a vicious exercise in maximizing efficiency.
And the newspapermen were just vicious about it and the Senators were all vicious about it.
Yeaa the set is called vicious serpent but the gear is of the vicious ophidian.
The Alliance mount Vicious White Warsaber now correctly changes to Vicious White Bonesteed for Horde characters.
If the person we love is vicious, undoubtedly our friendship is vicious.
And that was just a vicious, vicious cycle.