If you really want to be correct, you will use nauseated, not nauseous, when describing the state of being afflicted with nausea. Nauseous, on the other hand, is really supposed to be used to describe something or someone that causes nausea.
We nurses can do a lot to turn around the deplorable trend amongst the common populace to use these words incorrectly. We deal with nauseated people on a daily basis. We can gently educate the public by being role models for proper usage!
(nauseous-correct usage): The smell of rotten eggs is nauseous.
(nauseated-correct usage): The smell of rotten eggs makes me nauseated.
I love perseverate! To me it sounds just like what it is. :-)
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I've never heard this word.
Had to look it up. And I'm well-read.
In psychology and psychiatry, perseveration is the repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
The online version does not. But I do not want to get into an argument over this.
I'm certainly not trying to argue, and apologies if it looks that way. Text does not convey tone very well. I'm just curious now as to what you're looking at because the Oxford site I'm looking at defines it as both. Either way, the point is that neither definition is definitively incorrect.
I'm so glad you posted this. I always say nauseated, but my patients and families will usually say nauseous. I am so glad I am right! I've always felt uncomfortable saying nauseous but honestly have been too lazy to google what is correct.
When someone says "then" when they should say "than". As in: I have less then two dollars.
I'm from Oklahoma and I know the difference, but with my accent, they sound the same. The same goes for "pen/pin", "tin/ten", "Mary/merry/marry", "bear/bare", "our/are", etc. I obviously differentiate between them in writing, though.
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How about "could of"? Drives me nuts.