sic vs sick
Definitions
verb
- urge to attack someone
adverb
- intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
Examples
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.
The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores.
Definitions
adjective
- deeply affected by a strong feeling
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
- having a strong distaste from surfeit
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
verb
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
noun
- 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.
The deep grief and guilt of the mother as well as the hatred and home-sickness of the daughter permeate the story and eventually melt away due to the abiding family love.
The pain is so bad that I gag, a sickish feeling in my sinuses.
