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motion sickness vs sickness

sickness vs motion sickness

motion sickness and sickness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
motion sickness Yes No No No
sickness Yes No No No
As nouns, sickness is a hypernym of motion sickness; that is, sickness is a word with a broader meaning than motion sickness:
  • motion sickness: 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 motion sickness include ailment, complaint, ill, nausea.
motion sickness (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 motion sickness and sickness

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