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Nauseous vs Repellent - What's the difference?

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Nauseous is a synonym of repellent.


As adjectives the difference between nauseous and repellent

is that nauseous is causing nausea; sickening or disgusting while repellent is tending or able to repel; driving back.

As a noun repellent is

someone who repels.

nauseous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
    • And then what proper person can be partial / To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
  • Afflicted with nausea; sick.
  • * 2010 , Tom Smith, The Guardian , 4 Sep 2010:
    • Is it a myth that you shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics? I often do and haven't felt remotely nauseous .

    Synonyms

    * nauseating - causing disgust rather than nausea

    See also

    * nauseated - afflicted with nausea * queasy

    repellent

    English

    (wikipedia repellent)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tending or able to repel; driving back
  • repulsive, inspiring aversion
  • * '>citation
  • resistant or impervious to something

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who repels
  • a substance used to repel insects
  • a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something