pathological process vs infection

pathological process and infection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pathological process	Yes	No	No	No
infection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, infection is a hyponym of pathological process; that is, infection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pathological process:

pathological process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease
infection: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease

Other hyponyms of pathological process include feminisation, feminization, metastasis, neoplasia, pathogenesis.

pathological process (noun)	infection (noun)
an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease	moral corruption or contamination
	(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
	the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
	an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
	(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
	(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
	the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

pathological process vs infection

pathological process and infection both are nouns.

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