septicemic plague vs plague

plague vs septicemic plague

septicemic plague and plague both are nouns.

septicemic plague is not a verb while plague is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
septicemic plague	Yes	No	No	No
plague	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, plague is a hypernym of septicemic plague; that is, plague is a word with a broader meaning than septicemic plague:

septicemic plague: an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
plague: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

Other hypernyms of septicemic plague include pest, pestilence, pestis.

septicemic plague (noun)	plague (noun)
an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person	an annoyance
	any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
	a swarm of insects that attack plants
	a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
	any epidemic disease with a high death rate

septicemic plague (verb)	plague (verb)
	annoy continually or chronically
	cause to suffer a blight

Difference between septicemic plague and plague

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