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Soreness vs Morbidity - What's the difference?

soreness | morbidity |

As nouns the difference between soreness and morbidity

is that soreness is the property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness while morbidity is the quality of being unhealthful, morbid, sometimes including the cause.

soreness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
  • The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.

    morbidity

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being unhealthful, morbid, sometimes including the cause.
  • (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
  • (medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
  • (medicine, countable) Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
  • Synonyms

    * morbidness * unwholesomeness

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * soreness * valetudinarianism