Pestis bubonica and Pest

Pestis bubonica noun - The most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person.

Pest and pestis bubonica are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pest" instead a noun phrase "Pestis bubonica".

Pest noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.

Pestis bubonica and pest are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Pestis bubonica" with "Pest", this terms are similar.