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Nausea vs Retch - What's the difference?

nausea | retch |

As nouns the difference between nausea and retch

is that nausea is (l) while retch is an unsuccessful effort to.

As a verb retch is

to make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in 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

    retch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
  • * Byron
    • Here he grew inarticulate with retching .

    Noun

    (es)
  • an unsuccessful effort to

    • Anagrams

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