WordCmp.com

plague pneumonia vs pestilence

pestilence vs plague pneumonia

plague pneumonia and pestilence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plague pneumonia Yes No No No
pestilence Yes No No No
As nouns, pestilence is a hypernym of plague pneumonia; that is, pestilence 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
  • pestilence: 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 pest, pestis, plague.
plague pneumonia (noun) pestilence (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 a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
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 pestilence

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.