plague vs rag

plague and rag both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

plague (noun)	rag (noun)
an annoyance	a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)	a small piece of cloth
a swarm of insects that attack plants	newspaper with half-size pages
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	music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
any epidemic disease with a high death rate	a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

plague (verb)	rag (verb)
annoy continually or chronically	break into lumps before sorting
cause to suffer a blight	censure severely or angrily
	harass with persistent criticism or carping
	play in ragtime
	treat cruelly
	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations