contagious disease vs sexually transmitted disease

sexually transmitted disease vs contagious disease

contagious disease and sexually transmitted disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contagious disease	Yes	No	No	No
sexually transmitted disease	Yes	No	No	No

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

contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact
sexually transmitted disease: 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, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse, coronavirus disease.

contagious disease (noun)	sexually transmitted disease (noun)
any disease easily transmitted by contact	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Difference between contagious disease and sexually transmitted disease

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