rag vs plague

rag and plague both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rag	Yes	No	Yes	No
plague	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, plague is a hypernym of rag; that is, plague is a word with a broader meaning than rag:

Other hypernyms of rag include beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke.

As verbs, plague is a hyponym of rag; that is, plague is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rag:

rag (noun)	plague (noun)
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)	an annoyance
a small piece of cloth	any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
newspaper with half-size pages	a swarm of insects that attack plants
music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)	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
a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities	any epidemic disease with a high death rate

rag (verb)	plague (verb)
break into lumps before sorting	annoy continually or chronically
censure severely or angrily	cause to suffer a blight
harass with persistent criticism or carping
play in ragtime
treat cruelly
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations