Infectious disease and Whooping cough

Infectious disease noun - A disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact.

Whooping cough and infectious disease are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Whooping cough" with "Infectious disease", this phrases are similar.

Whooping cough noun - A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane.

Infectious disease and whooping cough are semantically related. You can use "Infectious disease" instead a noun phrase "Whooping cough".