The difference between Nuisance and Pest
When used as nouns, nuisance means a minor annoyance or inconvenience, whereas pest means a plague, pestilence, epidemic.
check bellow for the other definitions of Nuisance and Pest
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Nuisance as a noun:
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
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Nuisance as a noun:
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
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Nuisance as a noun (legal):
Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
Examples:
"a public nuisance"
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Pest as a noun (originally):
A plague, pestilence, epidemic
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Pest as a noun:
Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
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Pest as a noun:
An annoying person, a nuisance.
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Pest as a noun:
An invasive weed.