The difference between Epizootic and Pandemic
When used as nouns, epizootic means an occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. compare epidemic, whereas pandemic means a pandemic disease.
When used as adjectives, epizootic means like or having to do with an epizootic: epidemic among animals, whereas pandemic means widespread.
check bellow for the other definitions of Epizootic and Pandemic
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Epizootic as a noun (epidemiology):
An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Compare epidemic.
Examples:
"At the same time as an epidemic of the flu broke out among the people, an epizootic of the swine flu broke out among their pigs."
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Epizootic as a noun:
A particular epizootic disease.
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Epizootic as a noun (dialectal, humorous, often, _, in the plural):
A disease or ailment.
Examples:
"Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic."
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Epizootic as an adjective (epidemiology):
Like or having to do with an epizootic: epidemic among animals.
Examples:
"Epizootic plague occurred in the mice following introduction of rats from Europe."
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Epizootic as an adjective (geology, rare):
Containing fossils.
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Epizootic as an adjective:
Relating to epizoa; epizoic.
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Pandemic as an adjective:
Widespread; general.
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Pandemic as an adjective (medicine):
Epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population.
Examples:
"World War I might have continued indefinitely if not for a pandemic outbreak of influenza."
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Pandemic as a noun:
A pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.