Sicken vs Silken - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between sicken and silken

is that sicken is to fill with disgust or abhorrence while silken is to render silken or silklike.

made of silk.

(en verb)

To make ill.

The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.

To become ill.

I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.

* Francis Bacon

The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.

To fill with disgust or abhorrence.

His arrogant behaviour sickens me.

To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.

* Shakespeare

Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.

To become disgusting or tedious.

* Goldsmith

The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.

To become weak; to decay; to languish.

* Alexander Pope

All pleasures sicken , and all glories sink.

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Made of silk.

a silken veil

Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.

* 1994 , , ch. 2:

He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.

Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.

* Shakespeare

Silken terms precise.

(obsolete) Dressed in silk.

* Shakespeare

A silken wanton.

(en verb)

To render silken or silklike.

(Dyer)