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Vitals vs Guts - What's the difference?

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Vitals is a related term of guts.


As nouns the difference between vitals and guts

is that vitals is (plurale tantum) those organs of the body that are essential for life while guts is .

vitals

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • (plurale tantum) Those organs of the body that are essential for life.
  • (plurale tantum, figuratively) Those parts of a system without which it cannot function.
  • (medicine, plurale tantum) vital signs

    • Quotations

    *1827 Ann Hasseltine Judson - An account of the American Baptist mission to the Burman empire *:they were ripped open from the lowest to the highest extremity of the stomach, and their vitals and part of their bowels were hanging out *2003 David R Woodward - Trial by Friendship: Anglo-American Relations, 1917-1918 *:This final victory can only be had by reaching the vitals of Germany and by destroying her armed forces. *1991 Suzy Szasz - Living With It: Why You Don't Have to Be Healthy to Be Happy *:At least once an hour a nurse came into the room, either to check on me or my roommate, or to take vitals

    Derived terms

    * stap my vitals

    guts

    English

    (wikipedia guts)

    Noun

    (head)
  • The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
  • (slang) Courage; determination.
  • :* It must have taken some guts to speak in front that audience.
  • :* She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts .
  • (slang) Content, substance.
  • :* His speech had no guts in it.

    • Synonyms

    * (entrails) entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera * (courage) balls, nerve, pluck, big balls

    Verb

    (es)
  • (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out ).
    • He gutsed out a 6-1 win.

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