plant disease vs rust

rust vs plant disease

plant disease and rust both are nouns.

plant disease is not an adjective while rust is an adjective.

plant disease is not a verb while rust is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plant disease	Yes	No	No	No
rust	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, rust is a hyponym of plant disease; that is, rust is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plant disease:

plant disease: a disease that affects plants
rust: a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi

Other hyponyms of plant disease include blight, leaf disease, blackheart, black knot, black rot, black spot, bottom rot, brown rot, gummosis, canker, cotton ball, crown gall, crown wart, damping off, dieback, dry rot, heartrot, mosaic, rhizoctinia disease, pink disease, potato wart, root rot, scorch, sweet-potato ring rot, sclerotium disease, sclerotium rot, Dutch elm disease, ergot, foot rot, pinkroot, wilt, wilt disease, smut, soft rot, yellow dwarf, yellow spot.

plant disease (noun)	rust (noun)
a disease that affects plants	A strong reddish brown color.
	any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
	the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
	a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi
	a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture

plant disease (adjective)	rust (adjective)
	of the brown color of rust

plant disease (verb)	rust (verb)
	become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
	cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
	become coated with oxide

Difference between plant disease and rust

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