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Bilious vs Choleric - What's the difference?

bilious | choleric |

As adjectives the difference between bilious and choleric

is that bilious is suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, thus making one ill-natured while choleric is easily becoming angry.

bilious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, thus making one ill-natured.
  • Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
  • Irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
  • * Macaulay
    • a bilious old nabob

    Related terms

    * atrabilious (full of black bile) * bile

    choleric

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easily becoming angry.
  • Showing or expressing anger.

    • Synonyms

    * wrathful, irate, angry, indignant, vexed

    Related terms

    * choler

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