catastrophic illness vs sickness

catastrophic illness and sickness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
catastrophic illness	Yes	No	No	No
sickness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sickness is a hypernym of catastrophic illness; that is, sickness is a word with a broader meaning than catastrophic illness:

catastrophic illness: severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines
sickness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Other hypernyms of catastrophic illness include illness, malady, unwellness.

catastrophic illness (noun)	sickness (noun)
severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines	impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
	the state that precedes vomiting
	defectiveness or unsoundness

catastrophic illness vs sickness

catastrophic illness and sickness both are nouns.

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