different between dizziness vs seasickness

English

Alternative forms

• dizzyness

Etymology

From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysi?nes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy +? -ness.

Noun

dizziness (countable and uncountable, plural dizzinesses)

1. The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.

Synonyms

• giddiness
• light-headedness
• vertigo

Hyponyms

• scotomy

Translations

See also

• lightheadedness
• faintness

Further reading

• dizziness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dizziness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• sea-sickness, sea sickness

Etymology

From seasick +? -ness and/or sea +? sickness. Compare Middle English seknesse of the see (“seasickness”, literally “sickness of the sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?s?k.n?s/

Noun

seasickness (usually uncountable, plural seasicknesses)

1. Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

Hypernyms

• motion sickness

Coordinate terms

• airsickness
• carsickness
• trainsickness

Translations