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

  1. Throw up as a verb:

  2. 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."

  3. Throw up as a verb:

    To produce something new or unexpected.

    Examples:

    "This system has thrown up a few problems."

  4. 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."

  5. Throw up as a verb:

    To erect, particularly hastily.

  6. Throw up as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To give up, abandon something.

  7. Throw up as a verb:

    To display a gang sign using the hands

  1. 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."

  1. Vomit as a verb (intransitive):

    To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

  2. Vomit as a verb (transitive):

    To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

  3. Vomit as a verb:

    To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

  1. Vomit as a noun:

    The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

  2. Vomit as a noun:

    The act of regurgitating.

  3. Vomit as a noun (obsolete):

    That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

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