infestation vs Guinea worm

Guinea worm vs infestation

infestation and Guinea worm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
infestation	Yes	No	No	No
Guinea worm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Guinea worm is a hyponym of infestation; that is, Guinea worm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than infestation:

infestation: the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites
Guinea worm: a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin

Other hyponyms of infestation include fascioliasis, fasciolosis, fasciolopsiasis, dracunculiasis, Guinea worm disease, enterobiasis, bilharzia, bilharziasis, schistosomiasis, myositis trichinosa, trichiniasis, trichinosis, acariasis, acaridiasis, acariosis, ascariasis, coccidiosis, echinococcosis, hydatid disease, hydatidosis, helminthiasis, myiasis, onchocerciasis, river blindness, opisthorchiasis, lousiness, pediculosis, trombiculiasis, trichuriasis.

infestation (noun)	Guinea worm (noun)
a swarm of insects that attack plants	parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites	a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin

Difference between infestation and Guinea worm

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