plague vs catastrophe
catastrophe vs plagueplague and catastrophe both are nouns.
plague is a verb but catastrophe is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| plague | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| catastrophe | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
catastrophe is a hypernym of
plague; that is, catastrophe is a
word with a broader meaning than plague:
- plague: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- catastrophe: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
| plague (noun) | catastrophe (noun) |
|---|---|
| an annoyance | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | a sudden violent change in the earth's surface |
| a swarm of insects that attack plants | a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune |
| 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) | catastrophe (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 "catastrophe"
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