venereal disease vs sexually transmitted disease

venereal disease and sexually transmitted disease both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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