bad vs liability

liability vs bad

bad and liability both are nouns.

bad is an adjective but liability is not an adjective.

bad is an adverb but liability is not an adverb.

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

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

bad: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
liability: the quality of being something that holds you back

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

bad (noun)	liability (noun)
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency	the quality of being something that holds you back
	an obligation to pay money to another party
	the state of being legally obliged and responsible

bad (adjective)	liability (adjective)
having undesirable or negative qualities
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
reproduced fraudulently
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)	liability (adverb)
very much; strongly
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

Difference between bad and liability

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