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Ails vs Illness - What's the difference?

ails | illness |

As nouns the difference between ails and illness

is that ails is plural of lang=en while illness is an instance of a disease or poor health.

As a verb ails

is third-person singular of ail.

ails

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (ail)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    illness

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
  • (uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.
  • Synonyms

    * (instance) sickness * (state) sickness * See also