Difference between Ominous and Ill

What is the difference between Ominous and Ill?

Ominous as an adjective is of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. while Ill as an adjective is suffering from a disease.

Ominous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen; threatening; portentous; inauspicious.

Example sentence: Why do waiting rooms have to be so ominous?

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: Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

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

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