What is the difference between severe and bad?

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Bad is a synonym of severe.

As adjectives the difference between severe and bad

is that severe is very bad or intense while bad is not good; unfavorable; negative.

As an adverb bad is

badly.

As a noun bad is

error, mistake.

As a verb bad is

form of Alternative past tense|bid|lang=en. See {{l/en|bade|bade}}.

severe

English

Adjective

(er)

Very bad or intense.

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Strict or harsh.

Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

Synonyms

* brutal * extreme * hard * harsh * intense * rigorous * serious

Antonyms

* (very bad or intense) mild * (very bad or intense) minor * (strict or harsh) lenient

Derived terms

* severely (adverb) * severity (noun) * severeness (noun)

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bad

English

(wikipedia bad)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bad, ).

Adjective

Not good; unfavorable; negative.

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Not suitable or fitting.

Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.

* , chapter=7

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Unhealthy.

Lard is bad'''' for you. Smoking is '''bad''' for you, too. Grapes are '''bad for dogs but not for humans.

Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

Evil; wicked.

Faulty; not functional.

(of food) , rotten, overripe.

(of breath) , foul.

(informal) Bold and daring.

(of a, need or want) Severe, urgent.

Usage notes

The comparative badder and superlative baddest are nonstandard.

Synonyms

* (not good) unfavorable, negative * * (not suitable or fitting) * * wicked, evil, vile, vicious * (not functional) faulty * (of food) rotten * (of breath) malodorous, foul * badass * (of a need or want) severe, urgent, dire (to be assigned) * false * spurious * disgusting * wrong * corrupt * ill * base * abandoned * vicious * abominable * detestable * deficient * inferior * lousy * off * poor * punk * substandard * unacceptable * ungodly * unsatisfactory * wanting * wretched * See also

Antonyms

* good * right * worthy * competent * benevolent * true * honest * just * sincere * beneficial * advantageous * profitable * virtuous * reputable * upright * propitious * choice * excellent * exceptional * first-class * first-rate * premium * prime * superior * adequate * sufficient

Derived terms

* bad actor * bad apple * bad beat * bad blood * bad boy * bad breath * bad check * bad debt * baddie * bad egg * bad ending * bad eye * bad fairy * bad faith * bad for you * bad guy * bad hair day * bad hat * bad iron * bad joke * bad language * bad light * bad lot * bad luck * bad man * bad-mannered * bad manners * bad medicine * bad money * bad-mouth * badness * bad news * bad off * bad penny * bad-tempered * Bad Thing * bad to the bone * go bad * not bad * too bad

Adverb

Badly.

I didn't do too bad in the last exam.

Noun

(-)

(slang) error, mistake

Sorry, my bad !

* '>citation

(countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

* {{quote-book, title=International Economics: Global Markets and Competition

, first=Henry , last=Thompson , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=RQeYBbSlXLIC&lpg=PA97&dq=%22economic%20bad%22&pg=PA97

v=onepage&q=%22economic%20bad%22&f=false

, page=97 , year=2011 , edition=3rd , publisher=World Scientific , passage=Imports are an economic good but exports an economic bad . Exports must be produced but are enjoyed by foreign consumers. }}

* {{quote-book, title=Economics

, author=William J. Boyes, Michael Melvin , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=LgaZaie5V1YC&lpg=PA4&dq=bads&pg=PA4

v=onepage&q=bads&f=false

, page=4 , year=2011 , edition=9th , publisher=Cengage Learning , passage=An economic bad' is anything that you would pay to get rid of. It is not so hard to think of examples of ' bads : pollution, garbage, and disease fit the description. }}

Etymology 2

Probably identical to bad , etymology 1, above, especially in the sense "bold, daring".

Adjective

(badder)

(rfm-sense) (slang) Fantastic.

You is (SIC) bad , man!

Also Bek is "bad " at Madden.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Verb

(head)

(archaic) .

Etymology 4

Verb

(badd)

(British, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

* 1876 , The Gloucester Journal'', Oct. 7, 1876, reported in William John Thomas, Doran (John), Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, ''Notes and Queries , page 346

A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect c»me out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ' badding' ' walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial : to ' '''bad''' ' walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called » 'bannut,' and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ' Come an' ' bad the bannuts.'

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