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Ails vs Decease - What's the difference?

ails | decease |

As nouns the difference between ails and decease

is that ails is while decease is (formal) death.

As verbs the difference between ails and decease

is that ails is (ail) while decease is to die.

ails

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (ail)

    • Anagrams

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    decease

    English

    Noun

    (death) (-)
  • (formal) death
  • (obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life

    • Verb

    (deceas)
  • To die.
  • *, II.17:
    • After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased : and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.

    Synonyms

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    Usage notes

    The noun and verb forms are much less commonly used than the participial adjective "deceased," particularly outside formal, literary, or legal usage.