Infection vs Pestilence - What's the difference?
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(pathology) The act or process of infecting.
An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
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Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
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Infection is a related term of pestilence.
As a noun infection
is (pathology) the act or process of infecting.As a proper noun pestilence is
the personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.infection
English
(wikipedia infection)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic
Derived terms
* spurious infectionpestilence
English
Noun
(en noun)- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when they seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
