respiratory illness vs primary atypical pneumonia

primary atypical pneumonia vs respiratory illness

respiratory illness and primary atypical pneumonia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
respiratory illness	Yes	No	No	No
primary atypical pneumonia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, primary atypical pneumonia is a hyponym of respiratory illness; that is, primary atypical pneumonia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than respiratory illness:

respiratory illness: a disease affecting the respiratory system
primary atypical pneumonia: an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults

Other hyponyms of respiratory illness include adult respiratory distress syndrome, 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, interstitial pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis, hyaline membrane disease, respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, coronavirus disease.

respiratory illness (noun)	primary atypical pneumonia (noun)
a disease affecting the respiratory system	an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults

Difference between respiratory illness and primary atypical pneumonia

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