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Flatulence vs Flatuous - What's the difference?

flatulence | flatuous |

As a noun flatulence

is the state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

As an adjective flatuous is

windy; generating wind.

flatulence

English

(wikipedia flatulence)

Noun

(-)
  • The state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
  • The release of such gas, farting.

    • Coordinate terms

    * queef

    Usage notes

    A formal Latinate term, used in medical and scientific discourse, but also euphemistically to avoid crude terms such as fart. Compare excrement.

    Related terms

    * See also * afflatus

    flatuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) windy; generating wind
    • (Bacon)
  • (obsolete) generating flatulence
    • (Webster 1913)