different between repulsion vs nausea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.

Noun

repulsion (countable and uncountable, plural repulsions)

1. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
2. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
3. (physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.

Antonyms

• attraction

Related terms

• repel
• repulse
• repulsive
• repellent

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• neuropils

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repyl?sju?/

Noun

repulsion f

1. repulsion

English

Etymology

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ???? (naûs, “ship”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??z??/, /?n??s??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?zi.?/, /?n?si.?/, /?n???/, /?n???/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?n?zi.?/, /?n?si.?/, /?n???/, /?n???/
• Rhymes: -??zi?
• Hyphenation: nau?sea

Noun

nausea (countable and uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)

1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
2. Strong dislike or disgust.
3. Motion sickness.

Derived terms

• nauseate
• nauseous

Translations

Further reading

• nausea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nausía, “seasickness”), from ???? (naûs, “ship”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nausea f (plural nausee)

1. nausea

Derived terms

• nausea mattutina
• nauseabondo / nauseante
• nauseare
• nauseato

Verb

nausea

1. third-person singular present of nauseare
2. second-person singular imperative of nauseare

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• nausia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nau?.se.a/, [?näu?s?eä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?nau?.se.a/, [?n??u?s??]

Noun

nausea f (genitive nauseae); first declension

1. nausea
2. seasickness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: nausea
• ? Italian: nausea
• ? Portuguese: náusea
• ? Spanish: náusea

Etymology 2

Verb

nause?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nause?

References

• nausea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nausea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nausea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette