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illness vs disease

disease vs illness

illness and disease both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
illness Yes No No No
disease Yes No No No
As nouns, disease is a hyponym of illness; that is, disease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than illness:
  • illness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
  • disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
Other hyponyms of illness include condition, ague, amyloidosis, anuresis, anuria, catastrophic illness, collapse, prostration, aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder, lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism, hypermotility, indisposition, ozone sickness, toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy, growth.
illness (noun) disease (noun)
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
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