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Vomiting vs Retch - What's the difference?

vomiting | retch |

As verbs the difference between vomiting and retch

is that vomiting is present participle of lang=en while retch is to make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.

As nouns the difference between vomiting and retch

is that vomiting is the action of the verb vomit while retch is an unsuccessful effort to {{l/en|vomit}.

vomiting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb vomit
  • * (Jeremy Taylor)
    • Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings . The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

    retch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
  • * Byron
    • Here he grew inarticulate with retching .

    Noun

    (es)
  • an unsuccessful effort to

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