The difference between Healthy and Sick

When used as adjectives, healthy means enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well, whereas sick means having an urge to vomit.


Sick is also noun with the meaning: sick people in general as a group.

Sick is also verb with the meaning: to vomit.

check bellow for the other definitions of Healthy and Sick

  1. Healthy as an adjective:

    Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.

    Examples:

    "ant unhealthy"

    "He was father to three healthy kids."

  2. Healthy as an adjective:

    Conducive to health.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: healthful"

    "ant unhealthy"

    "A healthy diet and exercise can help to maintain proper weight."

  3. Healthy as an adjective:

    Evincing health.

  4. Healthy as an adjective (figuratively):

    Significant, hefty; beneficial.

    Examples:

    "a healthy respect for authority"

    "Sam unwrapped the sandwich and took a healthy bite out of the middle."

  1. Sick as an adjective:

    Having an urge to vomit.

  2. Sick as an adjective (chiefly, American):

    In poor health.

    Examples:

    "She was sick all day with the flu."

  3. Sick as an adjective (colloquial):

    Mentally unstable, disturbed.

  4. Sick as an adjective (colloquial):

    In bad taste.

    Examples:

    "That's a sick joke."

  5. Sick as an adjective:

    Tired of or annoyed by something.

    Examples:

    "I've heard that song on the radio so many times that I'm starting to get sick of it."

  6. Sick as an adjective (slang):

    Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.

    Examples:

    "This tune is sick."

    "Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!"

  7. Sick as an adjective:

    In poor condition.

    Examples:

    "'sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick'"

  8. Sick as an adjective (agriculture):

    Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.

  1. Sick as a noun:

    Sick people in general as a group.

    Examples:

    "We have to cure the sick."

  2. Sick as a noun (British, colloquial):

    vomit.

    Examples:

    "He lay there in a pool of his own sick."

  1. Sick as a verb:

    To vomit.

    Examples:

    "I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor."

  2. Sick as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To fall sick; to sicken.

  1. Sick as a verb (rare):