Plague vs Pestilential - What's the difference?
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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.
Producing pestilence or plague; pestilent.
* {{quote-book
, year=1941
, author=Chapman Miske
, title=The Thing in the Moonlight
, passage=Casting my eyes about, I beheld no living object; but was sensible of a very peculiar stirring far below me, amongst the whispering rushes of the pestilential swamp I had lately quitted.}}
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As a noun plague
is the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium ''yersinia pestis .As a verb plague
is to harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.As an adjective pestilential is
producing pestilence or plague; pestilent.plague
English
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
