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Sickening vs Alarming - What's the difference?

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Sickening is a related term of alarming.


As adjectives the difference between sickening and alarming

is that sickening is causing sickness or disgust while alarming is causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

As verbs the difference between sickening and alarming

is that sickening is while alarming is .

As a noun sickening

is the act of making somebody sick.

sickening

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing sickness or disgust.
  • Amazing, fantastic.

    • See also

    * loathsome * disgusting * abominable * detestable * hateful

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making somebody sick.
  • * 2010 , Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares
    • In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings . It is Boletus huronensis , and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom.

    alarming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening

    • Anagrams

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