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Ailment vs Unwellness - What's the difference?

ailment | unwellness |

As nouns the difference between ailment and unwellness

is that ailment is something which one; a disease; sickness while unwellness is the state or characteristic of being unwell; a feeling of slight to moderate sickliness.

ailment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something which one; a disease; sickness.
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    unwellness

    English

    Noun

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  • The state or characteristic of being unwell; a feeling of slight to moderate sickliness.
  • *1887 , , The Autobiography of Charles Darwin , ch. 5:
  • *:During the three years and eight months whilst we resided in London, I did less scientific work, though I worked as hard as I possibly could, than during any other equal length of time in my life. This was owing to frequently recurring unwellness , and to one long and serious illness.

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    * "Unwellness" denotes a state of being ill, but tends to suggest a lesser degree of ailment than would be indicated by the terms "illness" or "sickness".