contagious disease vs STD

STD vs contagious disease

contagious disease and STD both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contagious disease	Yes	No	No	No
STD	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, STD is a hyponym of contagious disease; that is, STD is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than contagious disease:

contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact
STD: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Other hyponyms of contagious disease include flu, grippe, influenza, measles, morbilli, rubeola, diphtheria, scarlatina, scarlet fever, pox, trench mouth, Vincent's angina, Vincent's infection, Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse, coronavirus disease.

contagious disease (noun)	STD (noun)
any disease easily transmitted by contact	a doctor's degree in theology in the pontifical university system of the Catholic church
	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Difference between contagious disease and STD

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