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Nuisance vs Pestilence - What's the difference?

nuisance | pestilence | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between nuisance and pestilence

is that nuisance is a minor annoyance or inconvenience while pestilence is any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

As a proper noun Pestilence is

the personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.

nuisance

English

Noun

(wikipedia nuisance) (en noun)
  • A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
  • A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
  • (legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
    • a public nuisance

    Synonyms

    * (minor annoyance or inconvenience) annoyance, inconvenience, offense * (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience) bother, obstacle, pest

    Antonyms

    * (minor annoyance or inconvenience) enjoyment

    Derived terms

    * nuisance tax ----

    pestilence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
  • * 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart,
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * pest * pesticide * pestilent

    External links

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