bother vs plague

bother and plague both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bother	Yes	No	Yes	No
plague	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, plague is a hyponym of bother; that is, plague is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bother:

Other hyponyms of bother include nuisance, irritant, thorn.

As verbs, plague is a hyponym of bother; that is, plague is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bother:

bother (noun)	plague (noun)
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness	an annoyance
an angry disturbance	any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
	a swarm of insects that attack plants
	a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
	any epidemic disease with a high death rate

bother (verb)	plague (verb)
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations	annoy continually or chronically
make confused or perplexed or puzzled	cause to suffer a blight
make nervous or agitated
intrude or enter uninvited
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to