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Plague vs Sickness - What's the difference?

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Plague is a related term of sickness.


As a verb plague

is .

As a noun sickness is

the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady.

plague

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
  • A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
    • Bart is an utter plague ; his pranks never cease.

    Synonyms

    * pest

    Derived terms

    * plaguesome * plaguey

    Verb

  • To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
    • Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
  • To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
    • ''Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland

    Derived terms

    * plaguer

    sickness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady.
    • I do lament the sickness of the king. -
    Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. -.
    Sickness is a dangerous indulgence at my time of life. -.
  • Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.

    • Derived terms

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    Synonyms

    * nausea * disease * illness * infirmity * malady

    Hyponyms

    * car sickness * homesickness * motion sickness

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