sic vs sick

sic

Definitions

verb

  1. urge to attack someone

adverb

  1. intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)

Examples

Do you really want ambient and drum'n'bass remixers stomping on your world music?

Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.

Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses.

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sick

Definitions

adjective

  1. deeply affected by a strong feeling
  2. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  3. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
  4. having a strong distaste from surfeit
  5. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
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verb

  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

noun

  1. people who are sick

Examples

A few people were crying, and one girl was very sick and puking, but most people tried to stay calm.

Patients with primary infection tend to be clinically ‘sicker’ than those who are reinfected.

So the girl was out of bondage, but Cadwaladr, sick with humiliation and rage, must come under guard to be handed over for a price to the brother who discarded and misprized him.

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