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Pestilence vs Endemic - What's the difference?

pestilence | endemic |

As nouns the difference between pestilence and endemic

is that pestilence is any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating while endemic is an individual or species that is endemic to a region.

As a proper noun Pestilence

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

As an adjective endemic is

native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

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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    endemic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * endemick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (Wikipedia) (-)
  • Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
    • Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
  • (Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
    • The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
  • (Especially of diseases.) Prevalent in a particular area or region.
    • Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
  • * 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
    • These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.

    Usage notes

    An endemic disease is one which is constantly present in a given area, though usually at low levels, whereas an epidemic is widespread and has a high incidence. A sporadic disease occurs now and then at low levels. * (English Citations of "endemic")

    Synonyms

    * (native to a particular area) native * (peculiar to a particular area) indigenous

    Antonyms

    * (native to a particular area) alien, introduced * (localized) systemic

    Related terms

    * ecdemic * endemically * endemism * epidemic * pandemic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 34:
    • The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics ; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.