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get sick vs get ill

Both 'get sick' and 'get ill' are correct phrases in English, but 'get sick' is more commonly used in everyday language. 'Get ill' is also correct but is less frequently used.

Last updated: March 19, 2024

get sick

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe becoming unwell or experiencing symptoms of illness.

Examples:

I think I'm getting sick. I have a sore throat and a fever.
She got sick after eating that seafood.
He always gets sick when the weather changes.

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I told you Seth couldn't get sick.
Even those who might get sick a week from today.
If I get sick, you can study my symptoms.
If I get sick, all the better.
Just a little taste, so you don't get sick.
Why does someone always get sick on vacation?
Rich kids get sick easy when seasons change.
If when you see a policeman is melancholy, get sick.
Just people get sick or injured.
And someday, I'll get sick too.
It doesn't matter if the chickens get sick.
Aey go and change out of those wet clothes before you get sick.
Mike biggs does not get sick.
I don't see why she had to get sick.
I can't let Emma go outside and get sick.
You sound phlegmy. I don't want to get sick.
They spread it to other babies and the parents get sick.
I figured out a great way to get sick.
They carry diseases like anyone else but rarely get sick themselves.
He had to watch his first wife get sick and die.

Alternatives:

fall ill
become unwell
come down with an illness
take ill
become sick

get ill

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to describe becoming unwell or experiencing symptoms of illness, but it is less common in everyday language.

Examples:

She got ill during her trip and had to see a doctor.
He got ill after eating something that didn't agree with him.

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It's just best to be quiet and hope not to get ill.
The abandoned wife... started to get ill.
I don't want you to get ill again
On a scientific basis, it's more than just "Power of Positive Thinking" - it has a horrible, horrible dark side. Like if you get ill, it's because you've just been thinking negative thoughts.
It happens because sometimes people get ill.
As Your new physician, I'd hate for You to get ill, Your Highness.
What happens when I get ill?
If a society starts to get ill, it is visible first in the shape of restrictions on freedom of religion and in the status of religious minorities.
Don't get up and don't talk, or you'll get ill again.
Kate, we didn't get ill, but... that doesn't mean we're not carrying it.
About another hour, people were starting to get ill because we were, number one, taking the oxygen out of the air and the carbon - The smoke from the carbon people were getting sick.
Working with residents, getting them out of their homes, so they don't get ill. This is what they're cleaning up on their own.
There's a reason for not wanting to get ill because we're going to find out who the hardest man or woman is via the medium of arm wrestling.

Alternatives:

fall ill
become unwell
take ill
become sick
come down with an illness

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