ill vs faint

ill and faint both are nouns.

ill and faint both are adjectives.

ill is not a verb while faint is a verb.

ill is an adverb but faint is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ill	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
faint	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

ill (noun)	faint (noun)
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining	a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

ill (adjective)	faint (adjective)
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function	lacking conviction or boldness or courage
distressing	weak and likely to lose consciousness
resulting in suffering or adversity	lacking clarity or distinctness
indicating hostility or enmity	deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
presaging ill fortune	lacking strength or vigor
	indistinctly understood or felt or perceived

ill (verb)	faint (verb)
	pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

ill (adverb)	faint (adverb)
(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
unfavorably or with disapproval

Difference between ill and faint

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