plague vs needle

needle vs plague

plague and needle both are nouns.

plague and needle both are verbs.

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

As verbs, needle is a hyponym of plague; that is, needle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plague:

plague: annoy continually or chronically
needle: annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism

Other hyponyms of plague include goad, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment, haze.

plague (noun)	needle (noun)
an annoyance	a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)	a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
a swarm of insects that attack plants	a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
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	the leaf of a conifer
any epidemic disease with a high death rate

plague (verb)	needle (verb)
annoy continually or chronically	annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism
cause to suffer a blight	prick with a needle

Difference between plague and needle

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