Difference between Dyspeptic and Ill

What is the difference between Dyspeptic and Ill?

Dyspeptic as an adjective is of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion. while Ill as an adjective is suffering from a disease.

Dyspeptic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion. Irritable or morose.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A dyspeptic person.

Ill

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Suffering from a disease.Having an urge to vomit.Bad, often connoting abuse or neglect.Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. [This sense sometimes declines in AAVE as ill, comparative iller, superlative illest.]Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Badly; very incompletely. Often hyphenated to form an adjectival phrase.Scarcely.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.Harm or injury.Evil; moral wrongfulness.A physical ailment; an illness.Unfavorable remarks or opinions.PCP.

Example sentence: If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

We hope you now know whether to use Dyspeptic or Ill in your sentence.

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