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injuriousness vs virulence

virulence vs injuriousness

injuriousness and virulence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
injuriousness Yes No No No
virulence Yes No No No
As nouns, virulence is a hyponym of injuriousness; that is, virulence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than injuriousness:
  • injuriousness: destructiveness that causes harm or injury
  • virulence: extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
Other hyponyms of injuriousness include insidiousness, virulency, ruinousness.
injuriousness (noun) virulence (noun)
destructiveness that causes harm or injury extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
extreme hostility
Difference between injuriousness and virulence

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