Is there any difference between “get ill” and “get sick”?
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I wonder if there is any difference between “get sick” and “get ill”. Will it be OK if I say, for example, “if you drink this water, you’ll get ill”? Or maybe it’s better to say either “get sick” or “become ill”
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I wonder if there is any difference between “get sick” and “get ill”. Will it be OK if I say, for example, “if you drink this water, you’ll get ill”? Or maybe it’s better to say either “get sick” or “become ill”
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I'm not sure if I have the skills to opine on whether "get ill" is "okay" but "get sick" is generally preferred over "get ill."
– BobtheMagicMoose
Nov 30 at 14:18
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When I was growing up in the UK, sick meaning ill was an Americanism: aside from phrases in connection with employment ("off sick"; "sick leave") be sick meant vomit. Like many American English phrases, this has become more common here over the last fifty years, but I (and I suspect many other British speakers of my age) would never say "get sick" to mean "get ill".
– Colin Fine
Nov 30 at 14:25
Now I get it, thank you!
– Victoria
Nov 30 at 16:29
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I wonder if there is any difference between “get sick” and “get ill”. Will it be OK if I say, for example, “if you drink this water, you’ll get ill”? Or maybe it’s better to say either “get sick” or “become ill”
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I'm not sure if I have the skills to opine on whether "get ill" is "okay" but "get sick" is generally preferred over "get ill."
– BobtheMagicMoose
Nov 30 at 14:18
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When I was growing up in the UK, sick meaning ill was an Americanism: aside from phrases in connection with employment ("off sick"; "sick leave") be sick meant vomit. Like many American English phrases, this has become more common here over the last fifty years, but I (and I suspect many other British speakers of my age) would never say "get sick" to mean "get ill".
– Colin Fine
Nov 30 at 14:25
Now I get it, thank you!
– Victoria
Nov 30 at 16:29
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I'm not sure if I have the skills to opine on whether "get ill" is "okay" but "get sick" is generally preferred over "get ill."
– BobtheMagicMoose
Nov 30 at 14:18
1
When I was growing up in the UK, sick meaning ill was an Americanism: aside from phrases in connection with employment ("off sick"; "sick leave") be sick meant vomit. Like many American English phrases, this has become more common here over the last fifty years, but I (and I suspect many other British speakers of my age) would never say "get sick" to mean "get ill".
– Colin Fine
Nov 30 at 14:25
Now I get it, thank you!
– Victoria
Nov 30 at 16:29
I'm not sure if I have the skills to opine on whether "get ill" is "okay" but "get sick" is generally preferred over "get ill."
– BobtheMagicMoose
Nov 30 at 14:18
I'm not sure if I have the skills to opine on whether "get ill" is "okay" but "get sick" is generally preferred over "get ill."
– BobtheMagicMoose
Nov 30 at 14:18
1
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When I was growing up in the UK, sick meaning ill was an Americanism: aside from phrases in connection with employment ("off sick"; "sick leave") be sick meant vomit. Like many American English phrases, this has become more common here over the last fifty years, but I (and I suspect many other British speakers of my age) would never say "get sick" to mean "get ill".
– Colin Fine
Nov 30 at 14:25
When I was growing up in the UK, sick meaning ill was an Americanism: aside from phrases in connection with employment ("off sick"; "sick leave") be sick meant vomit. Like many American English phrases, this has become more common here over the last fifty years, but I (and I suspect many other British speakers of my age) would never say "get sick" to mean "get ill".
– Colin Fine
Nov 30 at 14:25
Now I get it, thank you!
– Victoria
Nov 30 at 16:29
Now I get it, thank you!
– Victoria
Nov 30 at 16:29
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I'm not sure if I have the skills to opine on whether "get ill" is "okay" but "get sick" is generally preferred over "get ill."
– BobtheMagicMoose
Nov 30 at 14:18
1
When I was growing up in the UK, sick meaning ill was an Americanism: aside from phrases in connection with employment ("off sick"; "sick leave") be sick meant vomit. Like many American English phrases, this has become more common here over the last fifty years, but I (and I suspect many other British speakers of my age) would never say "get sick" to mean "get ill".
– Colin Fine
Nov 30 at 14:25
Now I get it, thank you!
– Victoria
Nov 30 at 16:29