Convalescent vs Epilepsy - What's the difference?
convalescent | epilepsy |
Recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness.
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*:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir! "
Of convalescence or convalescents (see below).
A person recovering from illness.
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
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As nouns the difference between convalescent and epilepsy
is that convalescent is a person recovering from illness while epilepsy is (pathology) a medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.As an adjective convalescent
is recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness.convalescent
English
Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent .
epilepsy
English
(wikipedia epilepsy)Noun
- Epilepsies , or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.