white plague vs pulmonary tuberculosis

white plague and pulmonary tuberculosis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
white plague	Yes	No	No	No
pulmonary tuberculosis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, white plague and pulmonary tuberculosis are synonyms defined as:

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

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

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