feel worse = be worse = get worse ?

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If I am more or less ill I can use any of these:

I feel worse. = I am worse. = I get worse.
I feel better. = I am better. = I get better.

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I feel worse or I am worse.

I feel better or I am better.
 

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It isn't clear what you mean. What does "more or less ill" mean? Tell us exactly in what situation you wish to use the sentence you have in mind.
 

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Two things. One, I don't think you have found a difference between British English and American English. Two, I don't presume to speak for all Americans.

I'm not an expert on the differences between the two varieties, but in my opinion "My cold is getting worse" is perfectly good in both.

That's all I have for now except to say that I agree with Jutfrank.
 

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It isn't clear what you mean. What does "more or less ill" mean? Tell us exactly in what situation you wish to use the sentence you have in mind.

I feel / am / get worse than yesterday because I have a higher temperature and lost my taste.

Does all these phrases are good?
 

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I feel/am/get worse than yesterday because I have a higher temperature and have lost my sense of taste.

[STRIKE]Does all these phrases are good?[/STRIKE] Are they all correct?

You can say "I feel worse than yesterday because ...". You might hear "I am worse than yesterday ...". Don't use "I get worse than yesterday".

You used "I have a higher temperature". That suggests that yesterday your temperature was already higher than normal and now it's even higher. If this is the first day you've had a raised temperature, say "I have a high temperature" or "I have a fever".

We don't lose our taste or smell. We lose our sense of taste or smell. We can also lose our ability to taste or smell.
 

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You could say:

I feel worse than I did yesterday, and I have lost my sense of taste.

The use of the word "worse" there indicates that you already felt bad the day before.
 
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