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Diseased vs Sickness - What's the difference?

diseased | sickness |

As an adjective diseased

is affected with or suffering from disease.

As a noun sickness is

the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady.

diseased

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

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    sickness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady.
    • I do lament the sickness of the king. -
    Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. -.
    Sickness is a dangerous indulgence at my time of life. -.
  • Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.

    • Derived terms

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    Synonyms

    * nausea * disease * illness * infirmity * malady

    Hyponyms

    * car sickness * homesickness * motion sickness

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