Cough vs Anticough - What's the difference?
cough | anticough |
To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
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To make a noise like a cough.
A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
(of a medicine) Suppressing coughing.
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As a verb cough
is to push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.As a noun cough
is a sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.As an adjective anticough is
(of a medicine) suppressing coughing.cough
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Verb
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Derived terms
* cougher * cough upNoun
(en noun)- Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough .
- Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough .
- He was – cough – indisposed.
Hyponyms
* barking cough * churchyard cough * congested cough * dry cough * hacking cough * loose cough * non-productive cough * productive cough * smoker's cough * wet coughDerived terms
* cough mixture * cough syrup * whooping coughanticough
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Adjective
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