Is there a difference between wicked and evil?

To me, semantics-wise, I see wickedness as a subset of evil: Evil is that which violates morality, wicked is that which expressly intends harm towards others. read more

There are 2 main Greek words that are translated as evil in the N.T. 1 – "kakia" – simply means evil, bad, depravity. read more

Key Difference – Wicked vs Evil The two adjectives wicked and evil both have similar meanings; they both mean immoral or sinful. However, the adjective wicked also has some alternative meanings which sometimes have a very different meaning from evil. read more

Evil is to cause harm without benefit, harm for the sake of harm. Benefit here does not include the enjoyment one may have from inflicting harm (that is, one would say that a sadist is evil not wicked). Often evil is correlated with some kind of supernatural agent, but need not be. read more