different between prevalent vs pandemic

English

Alternative forms

• prævalent (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin praeval?ns; surface analysis pre- +? -valent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??v?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: prev?a?lent

Adjective

prevalent (comparative more prevalent, superlative most prevalent)

1. Widespread or preferred.
2. Superior in frequency or dominant.

Synonyms

• (widespread): common, rife; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Translations

See also

• prevalently
• prevalence

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “prevalent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /pæn?d?m?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k
• Hyphenation: pan?dem?ic

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (pánd?mos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). ???????? is derived from ???- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + ????? (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pand?mus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).

Adjective

pandemic (comparative more pandemic, superlative most pandemic)

1. (epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) pandemial, (obsolete) pandemical, panepidemic

   Antonym: nonpandemic
2. (usually derogatory) General, widespread.

   Synonyms: common, ubiquitous, universal; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

pandemic (plural pandemics)

1. (epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

   Synonyms: (rare) pandemia; see also Thesaurus:pandemic

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Black Death
• bubonic plague
• COVID-19 (coronavirus, Chinese virus, Wuhan virus)
• plague
• Spanish flu

Etymology 2

See Pandemic.

Adjective

pandemic (not comparable)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, rare) Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic - Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.

References

Further reading

• pandemic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pandemic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French pandémique

Adjective

pandemic m or n (feminine singular pandemic?, masculine plural pandemici, feminine and neuter plural pandemice)

1. pandemic

Declension