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infectious disease vs tuberculosis

tuberculosis vs infectious disease

infectious disease and tuberculosis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
infectious disease Yes No No No
tuberculosis Yes No No No
As nouns, tuberculosis is a hyponym of infectious disease; that is, tuberculosis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than infectious disease:
  • infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
  • tuberculosis: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
infectious disease (noun) tuberculosis (noun)
a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
Difference between infectious disease and tuberculosis

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