sexually transmitted disease vs venereal disease

sexually transmitted disease and venereal disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sexually transmitted disease	Yes	No	No	No
venereal disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sexually transmitted disease and venereal disease are synonyms defined as:

sexually transmitted disease and venereal disease: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Other synonyms of sexually transmitted disease include Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, dose, social disease, STD, VD, venereal infection, Venus's curse.

sexually transmitted disease (noun)	venereal disease (noun)
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact