As nouns the difference between symptom and ailment
is that symptom is a perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash while ailment is something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
symptom
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
Synonyms
* indication
* manifestation
* sign, signal
* See also
Antonyms
* Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause
Derived terms
* symptomatology
* symptomless
Related terms
* asymptomatic
* asymptote
* symptomatic
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ailment
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Something which one; a disease; sickness.
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