well vs ill

well and ill both are nouns.

well and ill both are adjectives.

well is a verb but ill is not a verb.

well and ill both are adverbs.

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

well (noun)	ill (noun)
a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine	an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
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

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

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

well (adverb)	ill (adverb)
(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')	(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor	with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
indicating high probability; in all likelihood	unfavorably or with disapproval
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 well and ill

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