irritate vs plague

plague vs irritate

irritate is not a noun while plague is a noun.

irritate and plague both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
irritate	No	No	Yes	No
plague	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, plague is a hyponym of irritate; that is, plague is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than irritate:

irritate: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
plague: annoy continually or chronically

Other hyponyms of irritate include get, get under one's skin, eat into, fret, grate, rankle, peeve, ruffle, fret, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke, antagonise, antagonize.

irritate (noun)	plague (noun)
	an annoyance
	any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
	a swarm of insects that attack plants
	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
	any epidemic disease with a high death rate

irritate (verb)	plague (verb)
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame	annoy continually or chronically
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus	cause to suffer a blight
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Difference between irritate and plague

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