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plague pneumonia vs pest

pest vs plague pneumonia

plague pneumonia and pest both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plague pneumonia Yes No No No
pest Yes No No No
As nouns, pest is a hypernym of plague pneumonia; that is, pest is a word with a broader meaning than plague pneumonia:
  • plague pneumonia: a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
  • pest: 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
Other hypernyms of plague pneumonia include pestilence, pestis, plague.
plague pneumonia (noun) pest (noun)
a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
a persistently annoying person
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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
Difference between plague pneumonia and pest

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