Condole vs Plague - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between condole and plague

is that condole is to grieve while plague is .

(en-verb)

To grieve.

To express sympathetic sorrow; to lament in sympathy.

* Sir W. Temple

Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you.

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(en noun)

The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium ''Yersinia pestis .

(pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.

Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.

A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates

Bart is an utter plague ; his pranks never cease.

* pest

* plaguesome * plaguey

To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.

Wikis are often plagued by vandalism

To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

''Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland

* plaguer