wasting disease vs white plague

wasting disease and white plague both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wasting disease	Yes	No	No	No
white plague	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wasting disease and white plague are synonyms defined as:

wasting disease and white plague: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Other synonyms of wasting disease include consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis.

wasting disease (noun)	white plague (noun)
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body	involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
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