I don't know if there's a literal definition...
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 08/04/2010 05:46:41 PM
I tend to use "sick" when I have vomiting, diarrhea, fever, or some other strong indicator of disease (like tumors sprouting from my forehead or something).
I tend to use "ill" when I'm just not feeling quite right and I'm probably infected with something but not really too noticeably besides feeling bad.
I tend to use "ill" when I'm just not feeling quite right and I'm probably infected with something but not really too noticeably besides feeling bad.
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/language: Being sick and being ill
- 08/04/2010 05:14:36 PM
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Not too much, generally.
- 08/04/2010 05:19:37 PM
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I don't know if there's a literal definition...
- 08/04/2010 05:46:41 PM
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No, they are not the same
- 08/04/2010 08:02:00 PM
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AN illness is specific; BEING ill is not, I believe; as adjectives I belive "sick" and "ill" equal.
- 09/04/2010 03:41:10 AM
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UK says "ill" for unwell and "be sick" for "to vomit". US says "sick" for "unwell".
- 09/04/2010 08:44:02 AM
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Uh... If someone says they're going to "be sick" in the US, believe me, we interpret it like you do. *NM*
- 09/04/2010 06:30:40 PM
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