The difference between Sick and Sickly

When used as verbs, sick means to vomit, whereas sickly means to make sickly.

When used as adjectives, sick means having an urge to vomit, whereas sickly means frequently ill.

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

Sickly is also adverb with the meaning: in a sick manner.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sick and Sickly

  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):

  1. Sickly as an adjective:

    Frequently ill; often in poor health; given to becoming ill.

    Examples:

    "a sickly child"

  2. Sickly as an adjective:

    Having the appearance of sickness or ill health; appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; pale or wan.

    Examples:

    "a sickly plant"

  3. Sickly as an adjective:

    Weak; faint; suggesting unhappiness.

    Examples:

    "a sickly smile"

  4. Sickly as an adjective:

    Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease.

  5. Sickly as an adjective:

    Tending to produce disease; unwholesome.

    Examples:

    "a sickly autumn; a sickly climate"

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  6. Sickly as an adjective:

    Tending to produce nausea; sickening.

    Examples:

    "a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality"

  7. Sickly as an adjective:

    Overly sweet.

  1. Sickly as a verb (transitive):

    To make sickly.

  1. Sickly as an adverb:

    In a sick manner.

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