Bad
Bad adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: hearing about the world's miseries always makes him feel bad
Sad is a synonym for bad in sorry topic. In some cases you can use "Sad" instead an adjective "Bad", when it comes to topics like poor quality.
Sad
Sad adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: movies in which the hero dies always make us feel sad
Bad is a synonym for sad in property topic. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Sad", if it concerns topics such as unfortunate, deplorable.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The music for the Final Boss fight against Levanthan in Odin Sphere is usually the mellow, but somewhat uplifting world map theme, but if the player is on the track to the bad ending, A Fate Accepted (which is normally reserved for sad/somber scenes) is used instead.
Source: Sad Battle Music - Five Nights at Freddy's 3 also has the music for the bad ending being a sad music box song
Source: Ominous Music Box Tune -
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Lampshaded and denied in "Scrooge".He must be so lonely, he must be so sad, he goes to extremes to convince us he's bad!
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