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pneumonic plague vs pest

pest vs pneumonic plague

pneumonic plague and pest both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pneumonic plague Yes No No No
pest Yes No No No
As nouns, pest is a hypernym of pneumonic plague; that is, pest is a word with a broader meaning than pneumonic plague:
  • pneumonic plague: 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 pneumonic plague include pestilence, pestis, plague.
pneumonic plague (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 pneumonic plague and pest

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