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Bulimia vs Purging - What's the difference?

bulimia | purging |

As nouns the difference between bulimia and purging

is that bulimia is (label) a chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting while purging is the act by which something is purged.

As a verb purging is

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bulimia

English

Noun

  • (label) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle - extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.

    • Synonyms

    * bulimia nervosa

    purging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is purged.
  • (medicine) vomiting
  • * 1849 , The Journal of Health and Disease (page 98)
    • He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings