Oppress vs Plague - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
* , II.x:
To keep down by force
To make sad or gloomy
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.
In transitive terms the difference between oppress and plague
is that oppress is to make sad or gloomy while plague is to afflict with a disease or other calamity.As verbs the difference between oppress and plague
is that oppress is physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush while plague is to harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.As a noun plague is
the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.oppress
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Verb
(es)- Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
- The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
- We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.
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* * English transitive verbsplague
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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