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Qualm vs Sweam - What's the difference?

qualm | sweam |

As nouns the difference between qualm and sweam

is that qualm is mortality; plague; pestilence while sweam is a swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon.

qualm

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mortality; plague; pestilence.
  • A calamity or disaster.
  • A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
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  • A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
  • A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now chiefly in negative constructions.)

    • Synonyms

    * compunction * misgiving * scruple

    Derived terms

    * qualmish * qualmishly * qualmishness * qualmy

    sweam

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon.
  • (dialectal) A snell or sudden qualm of sickness.