bad vs worse

bad and worse both are nouns.

bad and worse both are adjectives.

bad and worse both are adverbs.

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

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

bad: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
worse: something inferior in quality or condition or effect

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

bad (noun)	worse (noun)
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency	something inferior in quality or condition or effect

bad (adjective)	worse (adjective)
having undesirable or negative qualities	(comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone	changed for the worse in health or fitness
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)	worse (adverb)
very much; strongly	(comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

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