I tend to use "being sick" interchangeably with vomiting/diarrhea, whereas "being ill" doesn't have that double meaning... but I think that's just me, not general usage.
It is possible that "ill" has a just-slightly more serious connotation.
It is possible that "ill" has a just-slightly more serious connotation.
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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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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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