deficiency disease vs zinc deficiency

deficiency disease and zinc deficiency both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deficiency disease	Yes	No	No	No
zinc deficiency	Yes	No	No	No

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

deficiency disease: any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)
zinc deficiency: a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases

Other hyponyms of deficiency disease include malnutrition.

deficiency disease (noun)	zinc deficiency (noun)
any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)	a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases

deficiency disease vs zinc deficiency

deficiency disease and zinc deficiency both are nouns.

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