ill vs well

ill and well both are nouns.

ill and well both are adjectives.

ill is not a verb while well is a verb.

ill and well both are adverbs.

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

ill (noun)	well (noun)
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining	a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
	an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps
	an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
	a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
	an abundant source

ill (adjective)	well (adjective)
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function	in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
distressing	wise or advantageous and hence advisable
resulting in suffering or adversity	resulting favorably
indicating hostility or enmity
presaging ill fortune

ill (verb)	well (verb)
	come up, as of a liquid

ill (adverb)	well (adverb)
(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well	(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly	without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor
unfavorably or with disapproval	indicating high probability; in all likelihood
	thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form
	favorably; with approval
	to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
	in financial comfort
	in a manner affording benefit or advantage
	to a great extent or degree
	with skill or in a pleasing manner
	with prudence or propriety
	with great or especially intimate knowledge
	(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully

Difference between ill and well

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