splenic fever vs anthrax

splenic fever and anthrax both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
splenic fever	Yes	No	No	No
anthrax	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, splenic fever and anthrax are synonyms defined as:

splenic fever and anthrax: a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people

splenic fever (noun)	anthrax (noun)
a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people	a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people
	a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia