chafe vs plague

plague vs chafe

chafe and plague both are nouns.

chafe and plague both are verbs.

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

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

chafe: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
plague: annoy continually or chronically

Other hyponyms of chafe include get, get under one's skin, eat into, fret, grate, rankle, peeve, ruffle, fret, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke, antagonise, antagonize.

chafe (noun)	plague (noun)
anger produced by some annoying irritation	an annoyance
soreness and warmth caused by friction	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

chafe (verb)	plague (verb)
warm by rubbing, as with the hands	annoy continually or chronically
tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading	cause to suffer a blight
cause friction
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
feel extreme irritation or anger
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

Difference between chafe and plague

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