respiratory disease vs white lung

white lung vs respiratory disease

respiratory disease and white lung both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
respiratory disease	Yes	No	No	No
white lung	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, white lung is a hyponym of respiratory disease; that is, white lung is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than respiratory disease:

respiratory disease: a disease affecting the respiratory system
white lung: 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 adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, wet 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)	white lung (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 white lung

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