Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pest | Yes | No | No | No |
plague | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pest (noun) | plague (noun) |
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any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. | an annoyance |
a persistently annoying person | any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) |
any epidemic disease with a high death rate | 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 | 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 |
pest (verb) | plague (verb) |
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annoy continually or chronically | |
cause to suffer a blight |