whats the difference between nauseated - nauseating - nauseous ?

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heywhats the difference between nauseated - nauseating - nauseous ?ik the meaning but when to use them and can you give me and example for each one ?

Nsnarayan10 · Accepted Answer

the meaning is the same obviously but its the tense that changes.Example:the smell is nauseating,Nauseous bathrooms!

Rami1511 · Answer

THANKS

CalifJim · Answer

Rami1511nauseated - nauseating - nauseous

I hear "nauseous" used to mean either "nauseated" or "nauseating".

That which is nauseating causes the feeling of nausea.
The person who is nauseated feels nausea. Something nauseating may have caused him or her to feel nauseated.

Nauseating things make you feel nauseated. (Idiom: "sick to one's stomach" ~ feeling nausea; nauseated)

That smell is [nauseating / nauseous / making me nauseated / making me sick to my stomach]!
(The smell is causing me to feel nausea.)

I am feeling [nauseated / nauseous / sick to my stomach].
(Something has caused me to feel nausea.)

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

Nauseated would be used in describing another person or in reflecting in the past tense a prior experience.  Nauseating is present tense but reflective as well.. You aren't experiencing the feeling actively but you are intellectually experiencing what that experience would be like if you were forced to live through it.  Nauseous is active.. You are experiencing it in real time and describing it as you live through it.

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