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Nausea vs Nauseant - What's the difference?

nausea | nauseant |

As nouns the difference between nausea and nauseant

is that nausea is (l) while nauseant is (medicine) a substance which produces nausea.

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

    nauseant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A substance which produces nausea.

    • Synonyms

    * emetic (Webster 1913) ----