Pandemic vs Worldwide - What's the difference?
pandemic | worldwide | Related terms |
Widespread; general.
(medicine) Epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population.
A pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.
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Spanning the world.
Throughout the world.
Pandemic is a related term of worldwide.
As adjectives the difference between pandemic and worldwide
is that pandemic is widespread; general while worldwide is spanning the world.As a noun pandemic
is a pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.As an adverb worldwide is
throughout the world.pandemic
English
(wikipedia pandemic)Adjective
(en adjective)- World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza.
Noun
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Synonyms
* See alsoSee also
* epizootic * enzootic * plague * Black Death English words prefixed with pan-worldwide
English
Alternative forms
* world-wideAdjective
(en adjective)- A large meteorite impact would cause worldwide extinction of life.
Derived terms
* World Wide Web * WWW *Synonyms
* globalAdverb
(en adverb)- The character of James Bond is known worldwide .
- English is spoken worldwide .