Health vs. Wellness

Health vs. Wellness — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Health and Wellness

Healthnoun

The overall condition of an organism at a given time.

Wellnessnoun

The condition of good physical and mental health, especially when actively maintained by proper diet, exercise, and avoidance of risky behavior.

Healthnoun

Soundness, especially of body or mind; freedom from disease or abnormality.

Wellnessnoun

The quality or state of being in good health.

Healthnoun

A condition of optimal well-being

concerned about the ecological health of the area.

Wellnessnoun

The process of learning about and engaging in behaviors that are likely to result in optimal health.

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Healthnoun

A wish for someone's good health, often expressed as a toast.

Wellnessnoun

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease;

physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients

Healthnoun

The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.

I think she has ADHD or some other mental health problem.

Healthnoun

A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.

The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project.

Healthnoun

Physical condition.

Healthnoun

(obsolete) Cure, remedy.

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Healthnoun

(countable) A toast to prosperity.

Healthnoun

(video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.

The enemies on this level have a lot of health.

Healthnoun

(obsolete) A warrior; hero; man.

Healthnoun

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease;

physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients

Healthnoun

the general condition of body and mind;

his delicate healthin poor health