Plague vs. Plaque

Plaguenoun

(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

Plaguenoun

(pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

Plaguenoun

A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.

Plaguenoun

A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates

Plagueverb

(transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.

Plagueverb

(transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

Plaguenoun

That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

Plaguenoun

An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague.

Plagueverb

To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.

Plagueverb

Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

Plaguenoun

a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)

Plaguenoun

any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Plaguenoun

a swarm of insects that attack plants;

Plaguenoun

any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

Plaguenoun

an annoyance;

Plagueverb

cause to suffer a blight;

Plagueverb

annoy continually or chronically;

Plaquenoun

(countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.

Plaquenoun

(countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.

Plaquenoun

A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.

Plaquenoun

In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.

Plaquenoun

A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad irritated]] patch on the skin.

Plaquenoun

An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.

Plaquenoun

An accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue; an atheroma.

Plaquenoun

An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth.

Plaquenoun

Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.

Plaquenoun

(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body

Plaquenoun

a memorial made of brass

Plaquenoun

an ornamental tablet, typically of metal, porcelain, or wood, that is fixed to a wall or other surface in commemoration of a person or event.

Plaquenoun

a sticky deposit on teeth in which bacteria proliferate

Plaquenoun

a small, distinct, typically raised patch or region on or within the body resulting from local damage or deposition of material, such as a fatty deposit on an artery wall in atherosclerosis or a site of localized damage of brain tissue in Alzheimer's disease.

Plaquenoun

a clear area in a cell culture caused by the inhibition of growth or destruction of cells by an agent such as a virus.

Plaquenoun

a flat counter used in gambling.