What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Purging vs Diarrhea - What's the difference?

purging | diarrhea |

As nouns the difference between purging and diarrhea

is that purging is the act by which something is purged while diarrhea is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.

As a verb purging

is present participle of lang=en.

purging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is purged.
  • (medicine) vomiting
  • * 1849 , The Journal of Health and Disease (page 98)
    • He had violent pains in his belly, and purgings

    diarrhea

    English

    (wikipedia diarrhea)

    Alternative forms

    * diarrhoea (British) *

    Noun

  • (chiefly, North America) A condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.
  • The watery excrement that comes from said bowel movements.

    • Synonyms

    * (medical condition) the runs, the shits, the squirts (US), the trots, the squits (both UK), the skitters (Scottish) (all slang) * See also

    Hyponyms

    * Montezuma's revenge (informal) * Pharao's revenge (informal)

    Related terms

    * * * * *

    See also

    * constipation