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What is the difference between ill and sick?
What is the difference between ill and ill?
What is the difference between 'I feel sick' and 'I feel ill'?
Are sick and ill interchangeable?
Ill and sick are both adjectives that mean ‘not in good health’. We use both ill and sick after a verb such as be, become, feel, look or seem: I was ill for a time last year, but I’m fine now. Nancy looks ill. I wonder what’s wrong with her. I felt sick and had to go home at lunchtime.
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4 days ago · Ill and sick are both used for saying that someone has a disease or some other problem with their health. You can use either ill or sick after a linking verb.
Ill and sick are often interchangeable but not always. In American and British English, sick is far more common than ill, but both versions can be used to mean unwell. Sick is preferred when describing vomiting.
Mar 28, 2024 · There, it’s more usual to hear “I’m ill” when someone talks about being unwell. However, both words can stretch beyond physical health. For example, “sick” can describe feeling upset or disgusted – think “That’s sick!” – whereas “ill” generally sticks to health-related contexts.
A person who is not in good health because of something serious like cancer or pneumonia might be said to be ill. On the other hand, a person who is affected with a minor fever or cold can also be called ill. Like sick, ill also refers to a feeling of nausea.
Illness often makes one feel sick, so the terms are often used interchangeably in colloquial speech. But, one can be ill without being (feeling) sick. Likewise, one might feel sick after, say, seeing blood, without being ill.
In summary, for minor illnesses or vague illnesses you can use ‘sick’, while for more serious illnesses you would probably use ‘ill’. If you follow this rule, then it will be easier for you to accurately describe how you or someone else is feeling.
