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Vomit vs Vomitive - What's the difference?

vomit | vomitive |

As nouns the difference between vomit and vomitive

is that vomit is vomit while vomitive is (medicine) something that induces vomiting.

As an adjective vomitive is

(medicine) inducing vomiting.

vomit

English

(wikipedia vomit)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To regurgitate the contents of a stomach; puke.
  • * Bible, Jonah ii. 10
    • The fish vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
  • To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
  • * '>citation
    • After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
  • * Milton
    • Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
  • * Charlotte Brontë
    • a column of smoke, such as might be vomited by a park of artillery

    Derived terms

    * vomitable

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (-)
  • The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
  • The act of regurgitating.
  • (obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He gives your Hollander a vomit .

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    See also

    * emetic ----

    vomitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Inducing vomiting

    • Synonyms

    * emetic * vomitory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Something that induces vomiting

    • Synonyms

    * emetic * vomitory