Infestation vs Outbreak - What's the difference?
infestation | outbreak |
The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
An eruption, sudden appearance
A sudden increase.
An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
(uncountable) A geological layer that breaks out
To burst out
To break forth
As nouns the difference between infestation and outbreak
is that infestation is the presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil while outbreak is an eruption, sudden appearance.As a verb outbreak is
to burst out.infestation
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*outbreak
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(wikipedia outbreak) (en noun)- ''Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic
- There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
- There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.