Bad vs. Evil

Difference Between Bad and Evil
Badadjective
Unfavorable; negative; not good.
You have bad credit.The weather looks pretty bad right now.Don't talk to him; he's in a bad mood.Eviladjective
Intending to harm; malevolent.
an evil plot to kill innocent peopleBadadjective
Not suitable or fitting.
Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?Eviladjective
Morally corrupt.
Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?Badadjective
Not appropriate, of manners etc.
It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.Eviladjective
Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
Badadjective
Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.Eviladjective
Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
Badadjective
Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
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.Eviladjective
(obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
an evil beast; an evil plant; an evil cropBadadjective
Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.Eviladjective
undesirable; harmful; bad practice
Global variables are evil; storing processing context in object member variables allows those objects to be reused in a much more flexible way.Badadjective
Evil; wicked.
Be careful. There are bad people in the world.Evilnoun
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
The evils of society include murder and theft.Evil lacks spirituality, hence its need for mind control.Badadjective
Faulty; not functional.
I had a bad headlight.Evilnoun
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm.
Badadjective
(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
These apples have gone bad.Evilnoun
(obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
Badadjective
(of breath) Malodorous; foul.
Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.Evilnoun
morally objectionable behavior
Badadjective
False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.Evilnoun
that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune;
the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bonesBadadjective
Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
I'm pretty bad at speaking French.He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.Evilnoun
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice;
attempts to explain the origin of evil in the worldBadadjective
Of poor physical appearance.
I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.I don't look bad in this dress, do I?Eviladjective
morally bad or wrong;
evil purposesan evil influenceevil deedsBadadjective
(informal) Bold and daring.
Eviladjective
having the nature of vice
Badadjective
(hip-hop slang) Good; superlative.
Eviladjective
tending to cause great harm
Badadjective
Severe, urgent.
He is in bad need of a haircut.Eviladjective
having or exerting a malignant influence;
malevolent starsa malefic forceBadadjective
Overly promiscuous, licentious.
Badadjective
(slang) Fantastic.
You is SIC bad, man!Badadverb
Badly.
I didn't do too bad in the last exam.Badnoun
(slang) Error, mistake.
Sorry, my bad!Badnoun
An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
Badverb
(archaic) lang=en. See bade.
Badverb
To shell (a walnut).
Badnoun
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;
take the bad with the goodBadadjective
having undesirable or negative qualities;
a bad report cardhis sloppy appearance made a bad impressiona bad little boyclothes in bad shapea bad cutbad luckthe news was very badthe reviews were badthe pay is badit was a bad light for readingthe movie was a bad choiceBadadjective
very intense;
a bad headachein a big ragehad a big (or bad) shocka bad earthquakea bad stormBadadjective
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');
my throat feels badshe felt bad all overhe was feeling tough after a restless nightBadadjective
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition;
bad meata refrigerator full of spoilt foodBadadjective
not capable of being collected;
a bad (or uncollectible) debtBadadjective
below average in quality or performance;
a bad chess playera bad recitalBadadjective
nonstandard;
so-called bad grammarBadadjective
not financially safe or secure;
a bad investmenthigh risk investmentsanything that promises to pay too much can't help being riskyspeculative business enterprisesBadadjective
physically unsound or diseased;
has a bad backa bad heartbad teethan unsound limbunsound teethBadadjective
capable of harming;
bad habitsbad airsmoking is bad for youBadadjective
keenly sorry or regretful;
felt bad about letting the team downwas sorry that she had treated him so badlyfelt bad about breaking the vaseBadadjective
characterized by wickedness or immorality;
led a very bad lifeBadadjective
reproduced fraudulently;
like a bad penny...a forged twenty dollar billBadadjective
not working properly;
a bad telephone connectiona defective applianceBadadverb
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');
the injury hurt badlythe buildings were badly shakenit hurts badwe need water badBadadverb
very much; strongly;
I wanted it badly enough to work hard for itthe cables had sagged badlythey were badly in need of helphe wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it