worsen vs deteriorate

deteriorate vs worsen

worsen and deteriorate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
worsen	No	No	Yes	No
deteriorate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, deteriorate is a hyponym of worsen; that is, deteriorate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than worsen:

worsen: grow worse
deteriorate: grow progressively worse

Other hyponyms of worsen include inflame, come down, sicken, degenerate, devolve, drop, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, suffer, lose, suffer, regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down.

worsen (verb)	deteriorate (verb)
grow worse	grow progressively worse
make worse	become worse or disintegrate

Difference between worsen and deteriorate

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