The difference between Sick and Ug

When used as nouns, sick means sick people in general as a group, whereas ug means a feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

When used as verbs, sick means to vomit, whereas ug means to dread, loathe or disgust.


Sick is also adjective with the meaning: having an urge to vomit.

check bellow for the other definitions of Sick and Ug

  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. Ug as a noun (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

    Examples:

    "usex He took an ug at's meht."

  2. Ug as a noun (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    An object of disgust.

    Examples:

    "usex What an ug ye've myed yorsel."

  3. Ug as a noun (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    Vomited matter.

  4. Ug as a noun (Northumbria):

    A surfeit.

  1. Ug as a verb (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    To dread, loathe or disgust.

  2. Ug as a verb (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.

  3. Ug as a verb (North England, and, Scotland, obsolete):

    To vomit.

  4. Ug as a verb (Northumbria, obsolete):

    To give a surfeit to.

  1. Ug as a noun (Caithness, Scotland):

    The pectoral fin of a fish.