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disease vs milk sickness

milk sickness vs disease

disease and milk sickness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disease Yes No No No
milk sickness Yes No No No
As nouns, milk sickness is a hyponym of disease; that is, milk sickness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disease:
  • disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
  • milk sickness: caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
disease (noun) milk sickness (noun)
an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning caused by consuming milk from cattle suffering from trembles
disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
Difference between disease and milk sickness

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