social disease vs pox

pox vs social disease

social disease and pox both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
social disease	Yes	No	No	No
pox	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pox is a hyponym of social disease; that is, pox is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than social disease:

social disease: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
pox: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

Other hyponyms of social disease include genital herpes, herpes genitalis, clap, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, granuloma inguinale, granuloma venereum, lues, lues venerea, syph, syphilis, LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum, lymphopathia venereum, chlamydia.

social disease (noun)	pox (noun)
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact	a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
	a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

Difference between social disease and pox

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