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Wingb1 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
Pandemic or Epidemic?
0 I always get these two confused... both mean widespread. Is there a difference between them? When do you use one and not the other? 02 br
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0 01 b 00 Epidemic 01 i 00 02 i 02 b 01 i 00 (noun) 02 i 00 a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time 02 br
00 [ORIGIN 00 Greek 01 i 00 epidemia 02 i 00 , from 01 i 00 epi 02 i 00 ‘upon’ + 01 i 00 demos 02 i 00 ‘the people’]. 02 br
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00 [ORIGIN 00 Greek 01 i 00 epidemia 02 i 00 , from 01 i 00 epi 02 i 00 ‘upon’ + 01 i 00 demos 02 i 00 ‘the people’]. 02 br
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0 Epidemic is a huge problem. 02 br
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0 They can be synonymical as shown at 01 b 00 1a 02 b 00 here: 02 br
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02 i 00 Etymology: French 01 i 00 épidémique, 02 i 00 from Middle French 01 i 00 epidemique
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0 A simple explanation here: 02 br
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