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Colic vs Foundering - What's the difference?

colic | foundering |

As nouns the difference between colic and foundering

is that colic is severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems) while foundering is the act by which a vessel founders.

As an adjective colic

is relating to the colon; colonic.

As a verb foundering is

present participle of lang=en.

colic

English

(wikipedia colic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems).
  • A medicinal plant used to relieve one of such symptoms.

    • Derived terms

    * colicky

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to the colon; colonic.

    • foundering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which a vessel founders.
  • * 2004 , Mark L. Thompson, Graveyard of the Lakes
    • It's the nature of founderings that ships have buoyancy and are afloat one second, then lose buoyancy and sink the next.

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