Noxious vs Pestilence - What's the difference?
noxious | pestilence |
Harmful; injurious.
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As an adjective noxious
is harmful; injurious.As a proper noun pestilence is
the personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.noxious
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)It's a gas, passage=But out of sight is out of mind. And that
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.Synonyms
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* * *pestilence
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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.