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Nausea vs Emetic - What's the difference?

nausea | emetic |

As nouns the difference between nausea and emetic

is that nausea is a feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit while emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.

As a adjective emetic is

(medicine) causing nausea and vomiting.

nausea

English

(wikipedia nausea)

Noun

  • A feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit.
  • Strong dislike or disgust.
  • Seasickness.

    • Derived terms

    * nauseate * nauseating * nauseous

    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