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plague pneumonia vs pestis

pestis vs plague pneumonia

plague pneumonia and pestis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plague pneumonia Yes No No No
pestis Yes No No No
As nouns, pestis is a hypernym of plague pneumonia; that is, pestis 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
  • pestis: 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, pestilence, plague.
plague pneumonia (noun) pestis (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 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 pestis

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