Devil vs. Evil

Devilnoun

(theology) An evil creature.

Devilnoun

(the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.

Devilnoun

The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

Devilnoun

A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

Devilnoun

A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

Devilnoun

Hell.

Devilnoun

A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

Devilnoun

A dust devil.

Devilnoun

An evil or erring entity.

Devilnoun

A barren, unproductive and unused area.

Devilnoun

(cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

Devilnoun

A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Devilnoun

A Tasmanian devil.

Devilnoun

An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

Devilverb

To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

Devilverb

To annoy or bother; to bedevil.

Devilverb

To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

Devilverb

To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

Devilverb

To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.

Devilverb

To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

Devilnoun

The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

Devilnoun

An evil spirit; a demon.

Devilnoun

A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.

Devilnoun

An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.

Devilnoun

A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

Devilnoun

A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Devilverb

To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

Devilverb

To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

Devilnoun

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

Devilnoun

one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief

Devilnoun

a word used in exclamations of confusion;

Devilnoun

a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man);

Devilnoun

a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Devilverb

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

Devilverb

coat or stuff with a spicy paste;

Devil

A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.It is difficult to specify a particular definition of any complexity that will cover all of the traditions, beyond that it is a manifestation of evil.

Eviladjective

Intending to harm; malevolent.

Eviladjective

Morally corrupt.

Eviladjective

Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).

Eviladjective

Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.

Eviladjective

(obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.

Eviladjective

undesirable; harmful; bad practice

Evilnoun

Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.

Evilnoun

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.

Evilnoun

(obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).

Eviladjective

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.

Eviladjective

Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.

Eviladjective

Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

Evilnoun

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.

Evilnoun

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.

Evilnoun

malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula.

Eviladverb

In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.

Evilnoun

morally objectionable behavior

Evilnoun

that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune;

Evilnoun

the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;

Eviladjective

morally bad or wrong;

Eviladjective

having the nature of vice

Eviladjective

tending to cause great harm

Eviladjective

having or exerting a malignant influence;

Evil

Evil, in a general sense, is defined by what it is not—the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it is often more narrowly used to talk about profound wickedness.