What's the difference between sick and ill ?
In this video you'll find out.
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Transcript.
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OK first both words can be used to mean unwell.
I felt sick/ill after the long journey.
sick and not ill is used before a noun
I have to look after my sick pet
I'm taking sick leave from my job.
In British English sick can mean also mean vomit
For example after the party he was sick on the pavement.
Sick and not ill also has the meaning of fed up of .
I'm sick of my job
politicians make me sick.
Some compound nouns use sick rather than ill such as seasick or homesick...
in comparatives ill - sicker - sickest are used
for example yesterday I felt ill but today I feel even sicker. Iller is rarely used.
However, in some phrases we use ill. Such as to be mentally ill.
It's important to know about the origins of the two words in order to help understand the differences.
"sick" is a saxon word which has always had the meaning unwell
"ill" is a skandinavian word, it orginally just meant "bad" and it only started being used as a synonym for sick in the 19th century.
Its orignal meaning of bad it still used in many expressions.
Here are some examples
ill mannered
ill fated
an ill-conceived idea.
ill timed
for example
walking through the city late at night made me feel ill at ease.
There are many more so if you see ill followed by an adjective it usually means bad or badly and not sick.
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