Sick vs Fat - What's the difference?

In context|slang|lang=en terms the difference between sick and fat

is that sick is (slang) very good, excellent, awesome while fat is (slang) an erection.

As adjectives the difference between sick and fat

is that sick is in poor health while fat is carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

As nouns the difference between sick and fat

is that sick is sick people in general as a group while fat is (obsolete) a large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern or fat can be (uncountable) a specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.

As verbs the difference between sick and fat

is that sick is to vomit or sick can be (rare) while fat is (archaic) to make fat; to fatten.

sick

English

(wikipedia sick)

Etymology 1

Middle English sek, sik, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)

In poor health.

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(colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.

(colloquial) In bad taste.

Having an urge to vomit.

(slang) Very good, excellent, awesome.

In poor condition.

(agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

Tired of or annoyed by something.

Synonyms

* (in poor health) ill, not well, poorly (British), sickly, unwell * (mentally unstable) disturbed, twisted, warped. * (having an urge to vomit) nauseated, nauseous * rad, wicked * See also

Antonyms

* (in poor health) fit, healthy, well * (excellent) crap, naff, uncool

Derived terms

* airsick * be sick * brainsick * carsick * dogsick * fall sick * heartsick * homesick * iron-sick, iron sick, ironsick * junk sick * lovesick * nailsick, nail sick, nailsick * seasick * sick and tired * sick and twisted * sick as a dog * sick bag * sickbay * sickbed * sick building syndrome * sick day * sicken * sickening * sickhouse * sickie * sickish * sick joke * sickly * sickness * sick note * sick pay * sick puppy * sicko * sickout * sickroom * sick to one's stomach * soulsick * thoughtsick

Noun

(-)

Sick people in general as a group.

We have to cure the sick .

(colloquial) vomit.

He lay there in a pool of his own sick .

Synonyms

* (vomit) See

Verb

(en verb)

To vomit.

:I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.

(obsolete) To fall sick; to sicken.

* circa 1598 , William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, part 2 :

Our great-grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.

Etymology 2

Verb

(en verb)

(rare)

* 1920 , James Oliver Curwood, "Back to God's Country"

"Wapi," she almost screamed, "go back! Sick' 'em, Wapi—'''sick''' 'em—'''sick''' 'em—' sick 'em!"

* 1938 , Eugene Gay-Tifft, translator, The Saga of Frank Dover by Johannes Buchholtz, 2005 Kessinger Publishing edition, ISBN 141915222X, page 125,

When we were at work swabbing the deck, necessarily barelegged, Pelle would sick the dog on us; and it was an endless source of pleasure to him when the dog succeeded in fastening its teeth in our legs and making the blood run down our ankles.

* 1957 , , 1991 LB Books edition, page 154,

"...is just something God sicks on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world."

* 2001 (publication date), Anna Heilman, Never Far Away: The Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna Heilman , University of Calgary Press, ISBN 1552380408, page 82,

Now they find a new entertainment: they sick the dog on us.

1000 English basic words

fat

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . See (l).

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

* Bible, Joel ii. 24

The fats shall overflow with wine[, strong drink] and oil.

* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, page 429:

In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat', for 6s. 10d., a wort ' fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.

(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Synonyms

* vat

Etymology 2

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(fatter)

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

:The fat man had trouble getting through the door.

:The fattest pig should yield the most meat.

Thick.

:The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.

*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat , fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Bountiful.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.

(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

*(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)

*:making our western wits fat and mean

*(Bible), (w) vi. 10

*:Make the heart of this people fat .

Fertile; productive.

:a fat''' soil; a '''fat pasture

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

:a fat''' benefice; a '''fat''' office; a '''fat job

*(Thomas Carlyle) (1795-1881)

*:now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures

(dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.

:a fat''' take; a '''fat page

Synonyms

* (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed; see also * (thick) thick * (bountiful) bountiful, prosperous

Antonyms

* Of sense (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) lean, skinny, slender, slim, thin

Derived terms

* (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) *

Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.

(countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

We need to trim the fat in this company

(slang) An erection.

"I saw Daniel crack a fat ."

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)

The best or richest productions; the best part.

to live on the fat of the land

(dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.

Synonyms

* (animal tissue) adipose tissue, lard (in animals''; ''derogatory slang when used of human fat ) * (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) grease, lard

Derived terms

* * fat camp * fat chance * fatten

Verb

(archaic) To make fat; to fatten.

kill the fatted calf

(archaic) To become fat; to fatten.

Anagrams

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