respiratory illness vs wet lung

wet lung vs respiratory illness

respiratory illness and wet lung both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
respiratory illness	Yes	No	No	No
wet lung	Yes	No	No	No

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

respiratory illness: a disease affecting the respiratory system
wet 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 illness include adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, 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 illness (noun)	wet 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 illness and wet lung

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