Contagion vs Plague - What's the difference?
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A disease spread by contact
The spread or transmission of such a disease
The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease
(finance) A situation in which small shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, spread to the rest of financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
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(finance) A resulting recession or crisis developed in such manner.
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.
A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
As nouns the difference between contagion and plague
is that contagion is a disease spread by contact while plague is the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.As a verb plague is
to harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.contagion
English
Noun
(en noun)Germany Must Defend the Euro:
- And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and caused the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.
Derived terms
* anticontagion * contagionism * contagionistSee also
* quarantine * (Contagious disease) ----plague
English
Noun
(en noun)- Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
- Bart is an utter plague ; his pranks never cease.
Synonyms
* pestDerived terms
* plaguesome * plagueyVerb
- Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
- ''Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland
