encephalitis vs herpes encephalitis

herpes encephalitis vs encephalitis

encephalitis and herpes encephalitis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
encephalitis	Yes	No	No	No
herpes encephalitis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, herpes encephalitis is a hyponym of encephalitis; that is, herpes encephalitis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than encephalitis:

encephalitis: inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
herpes encephalitis: common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes

Other hyponyms of encephalitis include acute hemorrhagic encephalitis, equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis, leukoencephalitis, cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis, panencephalitis, encephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, West Nile encephalitis.

encephalitis (noun)	herpes encephalitis (noun)
inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)	common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes

Difference between encephalitis and herpes encephalitis

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