plague vs chafe

chafe vs plague

plague and chafe both are nouns.

plague and chafe both are verbs.

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

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

plague: annoy continually or chronically
chafe: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

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

plague (noun)	chafe (noun)
an annoyance	anger produced by some annoying irritation
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)	soreness and warmth caused by friction
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)	chafe (verb)
annoy continually or chronically	warm by rubbing, as with the hands
cause to suffer a blight	tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
	cause friction
	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
	feel extreme irritation or anger
	become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

Difference between plague and chafe

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