bad vs evil

bad and evil both are nouns.

bad and evil both are adjectives.

bad is an adverb but evil is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bad	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
evil	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, evil is a hyponym of bad; that is, evil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bad:

bad: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
evil: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

Other hyponyms of bad include unworthiness, evilness, undesirability, worse, unsoundness, liability, inadvisability.

bad (noun)	evil (noun)
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency	morally objectionable behavior
	the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

bad (adjective)	evil (adjective)
having undesirable or negative qualities	morally bad or wrong
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone	having or exerting a malignant influence
reproduced fraudulently	having the nature of vice
characterized by wickedness or immorality
capable of harming
below average in quality or performance
serious or severe
not capable of being collected
not working properly
nonstandard
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
physically unsound or diseased
not financially safe or secure

bad (adverb)	evil (adverb)
very much; strongly
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

Difference between bad and evil

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