nonpositive vs worse

nonpositive

noun
  • Any value that is not positive. 

adj
  • Not positive; either zero or negative. 

  • Not positive. 

worse

noun
  • That which is worse; something less good. 

adv
  • Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse. 

  • Less skillfully. 

  • More severely or seriously. 

How often have the words nonpositive and worse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )