The difference between Bad and Positive
When used as nouns, bad means error, mistake, whereas positive means a thing capable of being affirmed.
When used as adjectives, bad means unfavorable, whereas positive means not negative or neutral.
Bad is also adverb with the meaning: badly.
Bad is also verb with the meaning: . see .
check bellow for the other definitions of Bad and Positive
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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."
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Bad as an adjective:
Not suitable or fitting.
Examples:
"Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?"
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Bad as an adjective:
Not appropriate, of manners etc.
Examples:
"It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full."
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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."
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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."
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Bad as an adjective:
Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
Examples:
"Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved."
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Bad as an adjective:
Evil; wicked.
Examples:
"Be careful. There are bad people in the world."
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Bad as an adjective:
Faulty; not functional.
Examples:
"I had a bad headlight."
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Bad as an adjective (of food):
, rotten, overripe.
Examples:
"These apples have gone bad."
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Bad as an adjective (of breath):
; foul.
Examples:
"'Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone."
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Bad as an adjective:
False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
Examples:
"They were caught trying to pass bad coinage."
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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."
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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?"
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Bad as an adjective (informal):
Bold and daring.
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Bad as an adjective (hip-hop slang):
Good; superlative.
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Bad as an adjective (of a, need or want):
Severe, urgent.
Examples:
"He is in bad need of a haircut."
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Bad as an adjective (US, slang):
Overly promiscuous, licentious.
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Bad as an adverb (now, colloquial):
Badly.
Examples:
"I didn't do too bad in the last exam."
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Bad as a noun (slang):
Error, mistake.
Examples:
"Sorry, my bad!"
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Bad as a noun (countable, uncountable, economics):
An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
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Bad as an adjective (slang):
Fantastic.
Examples:
"You is'' SIC ''bad, man!"
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Bad as a verb (archaic):
. See .
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Bad as a verb (British, dialect, transitive):
To shell (a walnut).
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Positive as an adjective:
Not negative or neutral.
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Positive as an adjective (legal):
Formally laid down.
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Positive as an adjective:
Stated definitively and without qualification.
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Positive as an adjective:
Fully assured in opinion.
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Positive as an adjective (mathematics):
Of number, greater than zero.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
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Positive as an adjective:
Overconfident, dogmatic.
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Positive as an adjective (chiefly, philosophy):
Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
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Positive as an adjective (physics):
Having more protons than electrons.
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Positive as an adjective (grammar):
Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
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Positive as an adjective:
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
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Positive as an adjective (photography):
Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
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Positive as an adjective:
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
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Positive as an adjective:
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
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Positive as an adjective:
Optimistic.
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Positive as an adjective (chemistry):
electropositive
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Positive as an adjective (chemistry):
basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
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Positive as an adjective (slang):
HIV positive.
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Positive as an adjective ([[New Age]] [[jargon]]):
Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
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Positive as a noun:
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Examples:
"rfquotek South"
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Positive as a noun:
A favourable point or characteristic.
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Positive as a noun:
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
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Positive as a noun (grammar):
A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
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Positive as a noun (grammar):
An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
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Positive as a noun (photography):
A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
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Positive as a noun:
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
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Positive as a noun:
A positive result of a test.
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- bad vs unfavorable
- bad vs negative
- bad vs inappropriate
- bad vs unfit
- bad vs unhealthful
- bad vs unwholesome
- bad vs ill
- bad vs poorly
- bad vs sickly
- bad vs foul
- bad vs loathsome
- bad vs wicked
- bad vs evil
- bad vs vile
- bad vs vicious
- bad vs faulty
- bad vs inoperative
- bad vs rotten
- bad vs malodorous
- bad vs foul
- bad vs false
- bad vs spurious
- bad vs bungling
- bad vs inept
- bad vs repulsive
- bad vs unsightly
- bad vs badass
- bad vs dire
- bad vs severe
- bad vs urgent
- nonpositive vs positive
- positive vs uncertain
- positive vs unsure
- negative vs positive
- bad vs positive
- evil vs positive
- nongood vs positive
- certain vs positive
- positive vs sure
- positive vs wis