The difference between Throw up and Vomit
When used as nouns, throw up means vomit, whereas vomit means the regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
Vomit is also verb with the meaning: to regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
check bellow for the other definitions of Throw up and Vomit
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Throw up as a verb:
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Throw up as a verb (now, _, colloquial):
To vomit.
Examples:
"The baby threw up all over my shirt."
"That cat is always throwing up hairballs."
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Throw up as a verb:
To produce something new or unexpected.
Examples:
"This system has thrown up a few problems."
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Throw up as a verb:
To cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air.
Examples:
"The car wheels threw up a shower of stones."
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Throw up as a verb:
To erect, particularly hastily.
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Throw up as a verb (ambitransitive):
To give up, abandon something.
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Throw up as a verb:
To display a gang sign using the hands
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Throw up as a noun (colloquial):
Vomit.
Examples:
"We had to scrub the seats for throw up when we left the dog in the car."
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Vomit as a verb (intransitive):
To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
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Vomit as a verb (transitive):
To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
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Vomit as a verb:
To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
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Vomit as a noun:
The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
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Vomit as a noun:
The act of regurgitating.
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Vomit as a noun (obsolete):
That which causes vomiting; an emetic.