badness vs quality

quality vs badness

badness and quality both are nouns.

badness is not an adjective while quality is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
badness	Yes	No	No	No
quality	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, quality is a hypernym of badness; that is, quality is a word with a broader meaning than badness:

badness: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
quality: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

badness (noun)	quality (noun)
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency	an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather	(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
an attribute of mischievous children	a degree or grade of excellence or worth
	a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
	high social status

badness (adjective)	quality (adjective)
	of superior grade
	of high social status

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