sickness vs collapse

collapse vs sickness

sickness and collapse both are nouns.

sickness is not a verb while collapse is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sickness	Yes	No	No	No
collapse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, collapse is a hyponym of sickness; that is, collapse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sickness:

sickness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
collapse: an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

Other hyponyms of sickness include condition, ague, amyloidosis, anuresis, anuria, catastrophic illness, prostration, aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder, lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism, disease, hypermotility, indisposition, ozone sickness, toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy, growth.

sickness (noun)	collapse (noun)
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism	the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink
the state that precedes vomiting	a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
defectiveness or unsoundness	a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
	an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

sickness (verb)	collapse (verb)
	collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
	lose significance, effectiveness, or value
	suffer a nervous breakdown
	break down, literally or metaphorically
	fold or close up
	fall apart
	cause to burst

Difference between sickness and collapse

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