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Nauseous vs Unsavory - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between nauseous and unsavory

is that nauseous is causing nausea; sickening or disgusting while unsavory is not savory; without flavor.

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

    unsavory

    English

    Alternative forms

    * unsavoury (UK)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not savory; without flavor.
  • Of bad taste; distasteful.
  • Making an activity undesirable.
  • Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.
    • His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "unsavory" is often applied: reputation, character, aspect, element, practice, friend, tactics.