The difference between Bad and Negative

When used as nouns, bad means error, mistake, whereas negative means refusal or withholding of assents.

When used as verbs, bad means . see , whereas negative means to refuse.

When used as adjectives, bad means unfavorable, whereas negative means not positive or neutral.

Bad is also adverb with the meaning: badly.

Negative is also interjection with the meaning: .}}.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bad and Negative

  1. Bad as an adjective:

    Unfavorable; negative; not good.

    Examples:

    "You have bad credit."

    "The weather looks pretty bad right now."

    "Don't talk to him; he's in a bad mood."

  2. Bad as an adjective:

    Not suitable or fitting.

    Examples:

    "Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?"

  3. Bad as an adjective:

    Not appropriate, of manners etc.

    Examples:

    "It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full."

  4. Bad as an adjective:

    Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

    Examples:

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

  5. Bad as an adjective:

    Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

    Examples:

    "Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed."

    "I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state."

    "I've had a bad back since the accident."

  6. Bad as an adjective:

    Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

    Examples:

    "Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved."

  7. Bad as an adjective:

    Evil; wicked.

    Examples:

    "Be careful. There are bad people in the world."

  8. Bad as an adjective:

    Faulty; not functional.

    Examples:

    "I had a bad headlight."

  9. Bad as an adjective (of food):

    , rotten, overripe.

    Examples:

    "These apples have gone bad."

  10. Bad as an adjective (of breath):

    ; foul.

    Examples:

    "'Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone."

  11. Bad as an adjective:

    False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

    Examples:

    "They were caught trying to pass bad coinage."

  12. Bad as an adjective:

    Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

    Examples:

    "I'm pretty bad at speaking French."

    "He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying."

  13. Bad as an adjective:

    Of poor physical appearance.

    Examples:

    "I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep."

    "I don't look bad in this dress, do I?"

  14. Bad as an adjective (informal):

    Bold and daring.

  15. Bad as an adjective (hip-hop slang):

    Good; superlative.

  16. Bad as an adjective (of a, need or want):

    Severe, urgent.

    Examples:

    "He is in bad need of a haircut."

  17. Bad as an adjective (US, slang):

    Overly promiscuous, licentious.

  1. Bad as an adverb (now, colloquial):

    Badly.

    Examples:

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

  1. Bad as a noun (slang):

    Error, mistake.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, my bad!"

  2. Bad as a noun (countable, uncountable, economics):

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

  1. Bad as an adjective (slang):

    Fantastic.

    Examples:

    "You is'' SIC ''bad, man!"

  1. Bad as a verb (archaic):

    . See .

  1. Bad as a verb (British, dialect, transitive):

    To shell (a walnut).

  1. Negative as an adjective:

    Not positive or neutral.

  2. Negative as an adjective (physics):

    Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

  3. Negative as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of a number: less than zero

  4. Negative as an adjective (linguistics, logic):

    Denying a proposition.

  5. Negative as an adjective:

    Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

  6. Negative as an adjective:

    Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

  7. Negative as an adjective:

    Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

  8. Negative as an adjective (chemistry):

    Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

    Examples:

    "The nitro group is negative."

  9. Negative as an adjective ([[New Age]] [[jargon]], pejorative):

    Often preceded by , , , or : to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

  10. Negative as an adjective:

    Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

  1. Negative as a noun:

    Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

  2. Negative as a noun (law):

    A right of veto.

  3. Negative as a noun (photography):

    An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

  4. Negative as a noun (grammar):

    A word that indicates negation.

  5. Negative as a noun (mathematics):

    A negative quantity.

  6. Negative as a noun (weightlifting):

    A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

  7. Negative as a noun:

    The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

  1. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To refuse; to veto.

  2. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To contradict.

  3. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To disprove.

  4. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To make ineffective; to neutralize.

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