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Worse vs Dorse - What's the difference?

worse | dorse |

As nouns the difference between worse and dorse

is that worse is (obsolete) loss; disadvantage; defeat while dorse is the baltic or variable cod (gadus callarias ), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish or dorse can be the back of a book.

As an adjective worse

is (bad).

As an adverb worse

is .

As a verb worse

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

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

    Related terms

    * worst

    Adverb

    (head)
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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.

    Statistics

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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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    dorse

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias ), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The back of a book.
  • * Wood
    • Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses .
    (Webster 1913) ----