plant disease vs scorch

scorch vs plant disease

plant disease and scorch both are nouns.

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

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

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

plant disease: a disease that affects plants
scorch: a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues

Other hyponyms of plant disease include blight, leaf disease, rust, 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, 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)	scorch (noun)
a disease that affects plants	a discoloration caused by heat
	a surface burn
	a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues

plant disease (verb)	scorch (verb)
	burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
	make very hot and dry
	become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
	destroy completely by or as if by fire
	become superficially burned
	subject to harsh criticism

Difference between plant disease and scorch

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