Bug and Fever

Bug

Bug noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

Usage example: I can't go to work today because I've caught some bug that's going around

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Fever and bug are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fever" instead a noun "Bug".

Fever noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.

Usage example: before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that

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Bug and fever are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bug" instead a noun "Fever".

Nearby Words: feverish, feverishly, fevered, feverous, fevering

short	short bug	short fever
single	single bug	single fever
simple	simple bug	simple fever
nasty	nasty bug	nasty fever
Other adjectives: real, severe, massive, serious, huge, slight, bad, infamous, terrible, horrible, famous, major, lying.

Francine throws up, but it is unknown why, the nurse thinks maybe she has a 24-hour bug but she doesn't have a fever and it is unknown why she threw up.

Source: Sick Episode
Beetlejuice: Beej is bitten by the Gold Bug and contracts a fever that can only be cured by a certain alloy...

Source: Gold Fever
This is a nod to the original story, but there the narrator also believes LeGrand literally has a fever after being told LeGrand got bitten by the gold bug.

Source: Videogame / Dark Tales

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