Difference between Pessimal and Worst

What is the difference between Pessimal and Worst?

Pessimal as an adjective is bad to a maximal extent; worst while Worst as an adjective is most inferior; doing the least good.

Pessimal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: bad to a maximal extent; worst

Worst

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Most inferior; doing the least good.Most unfavorable.Most harmful or severe.Most ill.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (with the) ­Something that is worst.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In the worst way; most badly.Most ill.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make worse.To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.

Example sentence: Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

We hope you now know whether to use Pessimal or Worst in your sentence.

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