plague vs annoyance
annoyance vs plagueplague and annoyance both are nouns.
plague is a verb but annoyance is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plague | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| annoyance | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
annoyance is a hypernym of
plague; that is, annoyance is a
word with a broader meaning than plague:
- plague: an annoyance
- annoyance: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Other hypernyms of plague include
bother, botheration, infliction, nuisance, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck.
| plague (noun) | annoyance (noun) |
|---|---|
| an annoyance | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
| any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness |
| a swarm of insects that attack plants | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
| 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 | an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating |
| any epidemic disease with a high death rate | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| plague (verb) | annoyance (verb) |
|---|---|
| annoy continually or chronically | |
| cause to suffer a blight |
Words related to "plague"
- afflict
- annoy
- annoyance
- bedevil
- beset
- blight
- bother
- botheration
- bubonic plague
- calamity
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- chafe
- chevvy
- chevy
- chivvy
- chivy
- cloud
- colloquialism
- crucify
- devil
- disaster
- dun
- epidemic disease
- frustrate
- get at
- get to
- glandular plague
- goad
- gravel
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- haze
- infestation
- infliction
- irritate
- molest
- nark
- needle
- nettle
- nuisance
- pain
- pain in the ass
- pain in the neck
- pest
- pestilence
- pestis
- pestis bubonica
- plague pneumonia
- plaguey
- plaguy
- pneumonic plague
- provoke
- pulmonic plague
- rag
- rile
- septicemic plague
- smite
- swarm
- torment
- tragedy
- vex
Words related to "annoyance"
- aggravation
- aggravator
- anger
- annoy
- annoying
- bother
- botheration
- bummer
- chafe
- choler
- depreciation
- derogation
- disagreeable person
- disparagement
- displeasure
- exasperation
- frustration
- harassment
- huff
- impatience
- infliction
- ire
- irritant
- irritation
- mental condition
- mental state
- miff
- mistreatment
- negative stimulus
- nuisance
- pain
- pain in the ass
- pain in the neck
- pinprick
- pique
- plague
- psychological condition
- psychological state
- red flag
- restlessness
- seeing red
- snit
- temper
- thorn
- torment
- unpleasant person
- vexation
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