Difference between Malign and Malevolent

MALIGN vs MALEVOLENT: NOUN

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

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

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.
To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about (someone).

Synonyms See list under malignant.
Malignant.
In astrology, having an evil influence.
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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Casting Malign Gateway no longer drains player Int.
Mikovits comments regarding the malign psycopthic criminal, Dr.
Malign Neglect: Race, Crime and Punishment in America.
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.

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.