The difference between Rad and Sick
When used as nouns, rad means a non-si unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray, whereas sick means sick people in general as a group.
When used as adjectives, rad means excellent, whereas sick means having an urge to vomit.
Sick is also verb with the meaning: to vomit.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rad and Sick
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Rad as an adjective (slang):
excellent
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Rad as a noun (metrology):
A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray.
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Rad as a noun:
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Rad as a noun (automotive, plumbing, slang):
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Rad as a noun (firearms, slang):
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Sick as an adjective:
Having an urge to vomit.
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Sick as an adjective (chiefly, American):
In poor health.
Examples:
"She was sick all day with the flu."
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Sick as an adjective (colloquial):
Mentally unstable, disturbed.
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Sick as an adjective (colloquial):
In bad taste.
Examples:
"That's a sick joke."
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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."
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Sick as an adjective (slang):
Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
Examples:
"This tune is sick."
"Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!"
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Sick as an adjective:
In poor condition.
Examples:
"'sick building syndrome; my car is looking pretty sick; my job prospects are pretty sick'"
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Sick as an adjective (agriculture):
Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
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Sick as a noun:
Sick people in general as a group.
Examples:
"We have to cure the sick."
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Sick as a noun (British, colloquial):
vomit.
Examples:
"He lay there in a pool of his own sick."
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Sick as a verb:
To vomit.
Examples:
"I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor."
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Sick as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To fall sick; to sicken.
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Sick as a verb (rare):