different between infection vs plague

English

Etymology

From Old French infection, from Vulgar Latin *infecti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

infection (countable and uncountable, plural infections)

1. (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
2. An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
3. A disease caused by a pathogen.
4. A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.

Derived terms

• spurious infection

Related terms

• infect
• infected
• infectable
• infective

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French infection, from Late Latin infecti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f?k.sj??/

Noun

infection f (plural infections)

1. (pathology) infection
2. (informal) stench, stink

   Synonyms: puanteur, pestilence

Derived terms

• infectieux

Descendants

• ? Turkish: enfeksiyon

References

• “infection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

infection (plural infectiones)

1. (pathology) The act or process of infecting.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin *infecti?.

Noun

infection f (oblique plural infections, nominative singular infection, nominative plural infections)

1. (countable) infection.

English

Etymology

From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin pl?ga (“blow, wound”), from plang? (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch pl?ghe (> Dutch plaag), pl?ghen (> Dutch plagen); Middle Low German pl?ge; Middle High German pl?ge, pfl?ge (> German Plage); pl?gen (> German plagen); Swedish plåga; French plaie, Occitan plaga. Doublet of plaga. Displaced native Old English w?l.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pl?g, IPA^(key): /ple??/, [p?l?e??]
• Rhymes: -e??

Noun

plague (countable and uncountable, plural plagues)

1. (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
2. (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
3. A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
4. (figuratively) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.

5. Collective noun for common grackles

Synonyms

• pest, pestilence

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

plague (third-person singular simple present plagues, present participle plaguing, simple past and past participle plagued)

1. (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
2. (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

Derived terms

• plagued
• plaguer

Translations

Spanish

Verb

plague

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of plagar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of plagar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of plagar.