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Diseased vs Distempered - What's the difference?

diseased | distempered |

As adjectives the difference between diseased and distempered

is that diseased is affected with or suffering from disease while distempered is (archaic) affected with or suffering from distemper; diseased.

As a verb distempered is

(distemper).

diseased

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Affected with or suffering from disease.

    • Synonyms

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    distempered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (distemper)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Affected with or suffering from distemper; diseased.
  • * 1592–1609': I, sick withal, the help of bath desired, / And thither hied, a sad ' distemper'd guest, / But found no cure: the bath for my help lies / Where Cupid got new fire--my mistress' eyes. — William Shakespeare, Sonnet CLIII.