The difference between Sick and Well
When used as nouns, sick means sick people in general as a group, whereas well means a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
When used as verbs, sick means to vomit, whereas well means to issue forth, as water from the earth.
When used as adjectives, sick means having an urge to vomit, whereas well means in good health.
Well is also interjection with the meaning: used to acknowledge a statement or situation.
Well is also adverb with the meaning: accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
check bellow for the other definitions of Sick and Well
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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):
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Well as an adverb (manner):
Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
Examples:
"He does his job well."
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Well as an adverb (manner):
Completely, fully.
Examples:
"a well done steak"
"We’re well beat now."
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Well as an adverb (degree):
To a significant degree.
Examples:
"That author is well known."
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Well as an adverb (degree, British, slang):
Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
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Well as an adverb:
In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
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Well as an adjective:
In good health.
Examples:
"I had been sick, but now I'm well."
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Well as an adjective (hypercorrect):
Good, content.
Examples:
"“How are you?” — “I'm well, thank you!”"
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Well as an adjective (archaic):
Prudent; good; well-advised.
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Well as a noun:
A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.
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Well as a noun:
A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.
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Well as a noun:
A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.
Examples:
"Make a well in the dough mixture and pour in the milk."
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Well as a noun (figurative):
A source of supply.
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Well as a noun (nautical):
A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.
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Well as a noun (nautical):
The cockpit of a sailboat.
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Well as a noun (nautical):
A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.
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Well as a noun (nautical):
A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.
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Well as a noun (military):
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
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Well as a noun (architecture):
An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
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Well as a noun:
The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
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Well as a noun (metalworking):
The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
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Well as a noun:
A well drink.
Examples:
"They're having a special tonight: $1 wells."
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Well as a noun (video games):
The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.
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Well as a noun (biology):
In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.
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Well as a verb (intransitive):
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
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Well as a verb (intransitive):
To have something seep out of the surface.
Examples:
"Her eyes welled with tears."