The difference between Evil and Good

When used as nouns, evil means moral badness, whereas good means the forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

When used as adjectives, evil means intending to harm, whereas good means acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.

Good is also interjection with the meaning: that is good.

Good is also adverb with the meaning: well.

Good is also verb with the meaning: to thrive.

check bellow for the other definitions of Evil and Good

  1. Evil as an adjective:

    Intending to harm; malevolent.

    Examples:

    "an evil plot to kill innocent people"

  2. Evil as an adjective:

    Morally corrupt.

    Examples:

    "Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?"

  3. Evil as an adjective:

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

  4. Evil as an adjective:

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

  5. Evil as an adjective (obsolete):

    Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.

    Examples:

    "an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil crop"

  6. Evil as an adjective (computing, programming, slang):

    undesirable; harmful; bad practice

    Examples:

    "Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way."

  1. Evil as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "The evils of society include murder and theft."

    "'Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control."

  2. Evil as a noun:

    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.

  3. Evil as a noun (obsolete):

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

  1. Good as an adjective (of people):

    Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral. Competent or talented. Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit. Satisfied or at ease

    Examples:

    "'good intentions"

    "a good swimmer"

    "Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it."

    "Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good."

    "[Are] you good? — Yeah, I'm fine."

  2. Good as an adjective (of capabilities):

    Useful for a particular purpose; functional. Effective. Real; actual; serious.

    Examples:

    "it’s a good watch;  the flashlight batteries are still good'"

    "a good worker"

    "in good sooth"

  3. Good as an adjective (of properties and qualities):

    # Edible; not stale or rotten. # Having a particularly pleasant taste. #* c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the , volume I, OCLC [http://worldcat.org/oclc/374760 374760], page 11: #*: Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke caste þher-to Safroun an Salt #* 1962 (quoting 1381 text), & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., , Ann Arbor, Mich.: , ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242: #*: dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes page 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons Nym wyn toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk. # Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements. Healthful. Pleasant; enjoyable. Favourable. Beneficial; worthwhile. Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.

    Examples:

    "The bread is still good."

    "The food was very good."

    "Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow."

    "carrots are good for you;  walking is good for you"

    "the music, dancing, and food were very good;  we had a good time"

    "a good omen;  good weather"

    "a good job"

  4. Good as an adjective (colloquial, when with ''[[and]]''):

    Very, extremely.

    Examples:

    "The soup is good and hot."

  5. Good as an adjective:

    Holy .

    Examples:

    "'Good Friday"

  6. Good as an adjective (of quantities):

    Reasonable in amount. Large in amount or size. Full; entire; at least as much as.

    Examples:

    "all in good time"

    "a good while longer;  nowrap a good number of seeds;  nowrap A good part of his day was spent shopping.  nowrap It will be a good while longer until he's done.  nowrap He's had a good amount of troubles, he has."

    "This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb.  The car was a good ten miles away."

  1. Good as an adverb (nonstandard):

    Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.

  1. Good as a noun (uncountable):

    The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

  2. Good as a noun (countable):

    A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.

  3. Good as a noun (uncountable):

    The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.

    Examples:

    "The best is the enemy of the good."

  4. Good as a noun (countable, usually in plural):

    An item of merchandise.

  1. Good as a verb (intransitive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.

  2. Good as a verb (transitive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To make good; turn to good; improve.

  3. Good as a verb (intransitive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To make improvements or repairs.

  4. Good as a verb (intransitive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To benefit; gain.

  5. Good as a verb (transitive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.

  6. Good as a verb (transitive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To satisfy; indulge; gratify.

  7. Good as a verb (reflexive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal):

    To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.

  1. Good as a verb (transitive, now, chiefly, _, dialectal, Scotland):

    To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Bishop Hall"

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