different between revulsion vs nausea

English

Etymology

French révulsion, Latin revulsio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?l??n/, /??v??l??n/
• Hyphenation: re?vul?sion

Noun

revulsion (usually uncountable, plural revulsions)

1. Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
2. A sudden violent feeling of disgust.
3. (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.
4. (obsolete) A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     Revulsions and pull-backs.
5. (obsolete) A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings.

Translations

See also

• revulsive

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