Languages › French What's the Difference Between Bon vs Bien? Share Flipboard Email Print Tim Robberts/Taxi/Getty Images French Vocabulary Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources For Teachers By ThoughtCo Team Updated March 06, 2017 The French words bon and bien, mauvais and mal are often mixed up. This is because the two pairs have similar meanings: bon and bien are positive while mauvais and mal are negative. In addition all four of these words can be adjectives, adverbs, or nouns. Bon and mauvais are usually adjectives, while bien and mal are usually adverbs. The following table summarizes the differences between each pair; click the links below for more information. adjective good well bad wrong adverb nice well bad badly noun form good(s) bad part evil Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Team, ThoughtCo. "What's the Difference Between Bon vs Bien?" ThoughtCo, Sep. 2, 2021, thoughtco.com/difference-between-bon-vs-bien-4084874. Team, ThoughtCo. (2021, September 2). What's the Difference Between Bon vs Bien? Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/difference-between-bon-vs-bien-4084874 Team, ThoughtCo. "What's the Difference Between Bon vs Bien?" ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/difference-between-bon-vs-bien-4084874 (accessed October 24, 2021). copy citation