The difference between Pandemic and Plague
When used as nouns, pandemic means a pandemic disease, whereas plague means the bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium yersinia pestis.
Pandemic is also adjective with the meaning: widespread.
Plague is also verb with the meaning: to harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Pandemic and Plague
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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.
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Plague as a noun (often used with ''the'', sometimes capitalized: ''the '''Plague'''''):
The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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Plague as a noun (pathology):
An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
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Plague as a noun:
A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
Examples:
"Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go."
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Plague as a noun:
A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
Examples:
"Bart is an utter plague; his pranks never cease."
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Plague as a verb (transitive):
To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
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Plague as a verb (transitive):
To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
Examples:
"Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland."