The difference between Hale and Ill
When used as nouns, hale means health, welfare, whereas ill means trouble.
When used as adjectives, hale means sound, entire, healthy, whereas ill means evil.
Hale is also verb with the meaning: to drag, pull, especially forcibly.
Ill is also adverb with the meaning: not well.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hale and Ill
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Hale as a noun (archaic):
Health, welfare.
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Hale as an adjective:
Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
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Hale as a verb:
To drag, pull, especially forcibly.
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Ill as an adjective (obsolete):
Evil; wicked (of people).
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Ill as an adjective (archaic):
Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
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Ill as an adjective:
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Examples:
"He suffered from ill treatment."
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Ill as an adjective:
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
Examples:
"'ill manners; ill will"
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Ill as an adjective:
Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
Examples:
"I've been ill with the flu for the past few days."
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Ill as an adjective:
Having an urge to vomit.
Examples:
"Seeing those pictures made me ill."
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Ill as an adjective (hip-hop slang):
Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
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Ill as an adjective (slang):
Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
Examples:
"That band was ill."
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Ill as an adverb:
Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
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Ill as a noun (often [[pluralize]]d):
Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
Examples:
"Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear."
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Ill as a noun:
Harm or injury.
Examples:
"I wouldn't want you to do me ill."
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Ill as a noun:
Evil; moral wrongfulness.
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Ill as a noun:
A physical ailment; an illness.
Examples:
"I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills."
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Ill as a noun (US, slang):
PCP, phencyclidine.
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- disgusted vs ill
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- ill vs sick
- ill vs sickened
- fine vs ill
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