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epidemic disease vs pest

pest vs epidemic disease

epidemic disease and pest both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
epidemic disease Yes No No No
pest Yes No No No
As nouns, pest is a hyponym of epidemic disease; that is, pest is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than epidemic disease:
  • epidemic disease: any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
  • pest: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
epidemic disease (noun) pest (noun)
any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
a persistently annoying person
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Difference between epidemic disease and pest

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