Rabies vs Plague - What's the difference?
rabies | plague |
(pathology) A disease caused by species of that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
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 pathology terms the difference between rabies and plague
is that rabies is a disease caused by species of genus: Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death while plague is an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.As a verb plague is
to harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.rabies
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(wikipedia rabies)Noun
(-)Synonyms
* hydrophobiaDerived terms
* rabid * rabieticExternal links
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* ----plague
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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
