Kidney failure and Nephropathy

Kidney failure noun - Inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance.

Nephropathy and kidney failure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nephropathy" instead a noun phrase "Kidney failure".

Nephropathy noun - A disease affecting the kidneys.

Kidney failure and nephropathy are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Kidney failure" with "Nephropathy", this terms are similar.