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respiratory illness vs flu

flu vs respiratory illness

respiratory illness and flu both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
respiratory illness Yes No No No
flu Yes No No No
As nouns, flu is a hyponym of respiratory illness; that is, flu is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than respiratory illness:
  • respiratory illness: a disease affecting the respiratory system
  • flu: an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
Other hyponyms of respiratory illness include adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, wet lung, white lung, 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 illness (noun) flu (noun)
a disease affecting the respiratory system an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
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