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kinetosis vs sickness

sickness vs kinetosis

kinetosis and sickness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kinetosis Yes No No No
sickness Yes No No No
As nouns, sickness is a hypernym of kinetosis; that is, sickness is a word with a broader meaning than kinetosis:
  • kinetosis: the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
  • sickness: the state that precedes vomiting
Other hypernyms of kinetosis include ailment, complaint, ill, nausea.
kinetosis (noun) sickness (noun)
the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
the state that precedes vomiting
defectiveness or unsoundness
Difference between kinetosis and sickness

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