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What is the difference between emetic and vomit?

emetic | vomit |

Emetic is a see also of vomit.


As nouns the difference between emetic and vomit

is that emetic is an agent that induces vomiting while vomit is the regurgitated former contents of a stomach.

As a adjective emetic

is (medicine) causing nausea and vomiting.

As a verb vomit is

to regurgitate the contents of a stomach; puke.

emetic

English

Alternative forms

* emetick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (medicine) causing nausea and vomiting

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • an agent that induces vomiting

    • Synonyms

    * (an agent that induces vomiting) vomitive, vomitory

    Related terms

    * emesis * emetology

    vomit

    English

    (wikipedia vomit)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To regurgitate the contents of a stomach; puke.
  • * Bible, Jonah ii. 10
    • The fish vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
  • To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
  • * '>citation
    • After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
  • * Milton
    • Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
  • * Charlotte Brontë
    • a column of smoke, such as might be vomited by a park of artillery

    Derived terms

    * vomitable

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (-)
  • The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
  • The act of regurgitating.
  • (obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He gives your Hollander a vomit .

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    See also

    * emetic ----