wasting disease vs pulmonary tuberculosis

wasting disease and pulmonary tuberculosis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wasting disease	Yes	No	No	No
pulmonary tuberculosis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wasting disease and pulmonary tuberculosis are synonyms defined as:

wasting disease and pulmonary tuberculosis: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Other synonyms of wasting disease include consumption, phthisis, white plague.

wasting disease (noun)	pulmonary tuberculosis (noun)
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body	involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body