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Sickening vs Upsetting - What's the difference?

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Sickening is a related term of upsetting.


As adjectives the difference between sickening and upsetting

is that sickening is causing sickness or disgust while upsetting is that causes or cause upset.

As verbs the difference between sickening and upsetting

is that sickening is while upsetting is .

As nouns the difference between sickening and upsetting

is that sickening is the act of making somebody sick while upsetting is the action of the verb upset.

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.

    upsetting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb upset.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That causes or cause upset.
    • He found taking his cat to the vet to be put down very upsetting .
    The bodies lying at the scene of the crash were an upsetting sight.

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