plague vs hassle

plague and hassle both are nouns.

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

As verbs, plague and hassle are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of plague include beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, molest, provoke.

plague (noun)	hassle (noun)
an annoyance	disorderly fighting
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)	hassle (verb)
annoy continually or chronically	annoy continually or chronically
cause to suffer a blight