Ailment vs. Aliment — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ailment and Aliment
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Ailment
An illness, typically a minor one
The doctor diagnosed a common stomach ailment
Aliment
Aliment, in Scots law and in other civil systems, is the sum of money paid, or allowance given in respect of the reciprocal obligation of parents and children, husband and wife, grandparents and grandchildren, to contribute to each other's maintenance. The term aliment is also used in regards to a similar obligation of other parties, as of creditors to imprisoned debtors, the payments by parishes to paupers, etc.
Ailment
A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness.
Aliment
Food; nourishment.
Ailment
Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
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Aliment
Maintenance; alimony.
Ailment
Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; - not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
Aliment
Something that nourishes; food.
Ailment
An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Aliment
Something that supports or sustains.
Aliment
To supply with sustenance, such as food
Required by court order to aliment the abandoned family.
Aliment
Food.
Aliment
(figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
Aliment
(Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.
Aliment
(obsolete) To feed, nourish.
Aliment
To sustain, support.
Aliment
That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
Aliments of their sloth and weakness.
Aliment
An allowance for maintenance.
Aliment
To nourish; to support.
Aliment
To provide for the maintenance of.
Aliment
A source of materials to nourish the body
Aliment
Give nourishment to
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