respiratory disease vs adult respiratory distress syndrome

adult respiratory distress syndrome vs respiratory disease

respiratory disease and adult respiratory distress syndrome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
respiratory disease	Yes	No	No	No
adult respiratory distress syndrome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adult respiratory distress syndrome is a hyponym of respiratory disease; that is, adult respiratory distress syndrome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than respiratory disease:

respiratory disease: a disease affecting the respiratory system
adult respiratory distress syndrome: acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.

Other hyponyms of respiratory disease include ARDS, wet lung, white lung, flu, grippe, influenza, pertussis, whooping cough, cold, common cold, asthma, asthma attack, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary emphysema, pneumonia, atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis, hyaline membrane disease, respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, coronavirus disease.

respiratory disease (noun)	adult respiratory distress syndrome (noun)
a disease affecting the respiratory system	acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.

Difference between respiratory disease and adult respiratory distress syndrome

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.