vermin vs pest
pest vs verminvermin and pest both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vermin | Yes | No | No | No |
| pest | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
pest is a hypernym of
vermin; that is, pest is a
word with a broader meaning than vermin:
- vermin: any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
- pest: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
| vermin (noun) | pest (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats | any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. |
| an irritating or obnoxious person | a persistently annoying person |
| any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
| 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 |
Words related to "vermin"
Words related to "pest"
- animal
- animate being
- beast
- blighter
- brute
- bubonic plague
- creature
- cuss
- depreciation
- derogation
- disparagement
- epidemic disease
- fauna
- gadfly
- glandular plague
- nudnick
- nudnik
- persecutor
- pesterer
- pestilence
- pestis
- pestis bubonica
- plague
- plague pneumonia
- pneumonic plague
- pulmonic plague
- septicemic plague
- tormenter
- tormentor
- vermin
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