Whose vs Worse - What's the difference?
whose | worse |
Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as an interrogative pronoun).
Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as a relative pronoun).
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Of which, belonging to which; (used as a relative pronoun).
(bad)
More ill.
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, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (ill).
Less skillfully.
More severely or seriously.
(sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.
(obsolete) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.
* (rfdate) Milton.
(obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
* Bible, Kings xiv. 12
That which is worse; something less good.
As a pronoun whose
is of whom, belonging to whom; used as an interrogative pronoun.As an adjective worse is
comparative of bad.As an adverb worse is
comparative of badly pos=adverb.As a verb worse is
to make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.As a noun worse is
loss; disadvantage; defeat.whose
English
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- (=This man's dog caused the accident.)
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- (=The roofs are falling off several houses we saw.)
worse
English
Adjective
(head)- Your exam results are worse than before.
- The harder you try, the worse you do.
- She was very ill last week but this week she’s worse .
Derived terms
* go from bad to worse * worse for wearAdverb
(head)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Verb
(wors)- Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.
Statistics
*Noun
- Judah was put to the worse before Israel.
- Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise.