different between disease vs epidemic

English

Alternative forms

• (uneasiness): dis-ease

Etymology

From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Equivalent to dis- +? ease. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ?dl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?-z?z? IPA^(key): /d??zi?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

disease (countable and uncountable, plural diseases)

1. (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
   • November 22, 1787, James Madison Jr., Federalist No. 10

     The instability, injustice, and confusion, introduced into the public councils, have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished; [...]
2. (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
   • 1955, The Urantia Book, Paper 134:6.7

     War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.

3. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:disease

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

disease (third-person singular simple present diseases, present participle diseasing, simple past and past participle diseased)

1. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
2. To infect with a disease.

Anagrams

• Seaside, seaside

English

Alternative forms

• epidemick (obsolete)
• epidemical (adjective) (obsolete)

Etymology

From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Latin epidemia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (epid?mios), from ??? (epí, “upon”) + ????? (dêmos, “people”). Surface analysis epi- (“on”) +? demic (“of the people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??d?m?k/
• Hyphenation: ep?i?dem?ic

Noun

epidemic (plural epidemics)

1. A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
2. (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.

Antonyms

• endemic

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

epidemic (comparative more epidemic, superlative most epidemic)

1. Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread

Synonyms

• common, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Antonyms

• endemic

Derived terms

Related terms

• ecdemic

Translations

Related terms

• pandemic
• epidemiology
• endemic

See also

• epizootic
• enzootic

Anagrams

• midpiece

Romanian

Etymology

From French épidémique

Adjective

epidemic m or n (feminine singular epidemic?, masculine plural epidemici, feminine and neuter plural epidemice)

1. epidemic

Declension