As nouns the difference between diarrhea and feces
is that diarrhea is (chiefly|north america) a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements while feces is faeces.
diarrhea
Alternative forms
* diarrhoea (British)
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Noun
(chiefly, North America) A condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.
The watery excrement that comes from said bowel movements.
Synonyms
* (medical condition) the runs, the shits, the squirts (US), the trots, the squits (both UK), the skitters (Scottish) (all slang)
* See also
Hyponyms
* Montezuma's revenge (informal)
* Pharao's revenge (informal)
Related terms
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See also
* constipation
feces
Alternative forms
* faeces (British), (archaic)
Noun
(
en-plural noun) (
North American spelling)
Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.
Usage notes
* This word can be used with plural verbs ("feces have a strong smell") or singular ones ("feces has a strong smell"). Use with plural verbs is more common, especially in Britain, and is the only use recognized by some dictionaries,Synonyms
* (discharged animal waste) excrement, faecal matter, guano (of birds or bats only), manure (not used of human faeces)
* night soil (euphemistic)
* doo, poo, poop, boo-boo, and doody (euphemistic or hypocoristic)
* crap, shit, turd, log (vulgar)
* See also
Related terms
* defecate
* fecal
* feceate
* feculence
* feculent
