plague vs bother

plague and bother both are nouns.

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

As nouns, bother is a hypernym of plague; that is, bother is a word with a broader meaning than plague:

Other hypernyms of plague include annoyance, botheration, infliction, nuisance, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck.

As verbs, bother is a hypernym of plague; that is, bother is a word with a broader meaning than plague:

Other hypernyms of plague include annoy, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex.

plague (noun)	bother (noun)
an annoyance	something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)	an angry disturbance
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

plague (verb)	bother (verb)
annoy continually or chronically	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
cause to suffer a blight	make confused or perplexed or puzzled
	make nervous or agitated
	intrude or enter uninvited
	take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
	to cause inconvenience or discomfort to