Common cold and Cold

Common cold noun - A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs).

Cold is a synonym for common cold in communicable disease topic. In some cases you can use "Cold" instead a noun phrase "Common cold", when it comes to topics like runny nose, rhinorrhea.

Cold noun - A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs).

Common cold is a synonym for cold in runny nose topic. You can use "Common cold" instead a noun "Cold", if it concerns topics such as rhinorrhea.

Nearby Words: coldness, coldly, coldish