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Pooer vs Worse - What's the difference?

pooer | worse |

As adjectives the difference between pooer and worse

is that pooer is (scotland) poor while worse is (bad).

As nouns the difference between pooer and worse

is that pooer is someone or something that poos, that defecates while worse is (obsolete) loss; disadvantage; defeat.

As an adverb worse is

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As a verb worse is

(obsolete|transitive) to make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

pooer

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (Scotland) poor
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something that poos, that defecates. (rfex)
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    worse

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (bad)
  • Your exam results are worse than before.
    The harder you try, the worse you do.
  • More ill.
  • She was very ill last week but this week she’s worse .

    Derived terms

    * go from bad to worse * worse for wear

    Adverb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
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  • (ill).
  • Less skillfully.
  • More severely or seriously.
  • (sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.
  • Verb

    (wors)
  • (obsolete) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.
  • * (rfdate) Milton.
  • Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.

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    Noun

  • (obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
  • * Bible, Kings xiv. 12
  • Judah was put to the worse before Israel.
  • That which is worse; something less good.
  • Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise.
    (Webster 1913)

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