Discussion: What is the difference ?

What is the difference between “epidemic “ and “pandemic “?

In early 2020, just after the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, I watched YouTube to get some information about the situation. I found the word “epidemic “ was used very often. But gradually, the word “pandemic “ can be seen in most mass media instead. It seems “pandemic “ is more serious and fatal than “epidemic “ when talking about the severity. Am I right?

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• Epidemic sounds more and could be positive ? Pandemic -何仙姑- ♀ (63 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 12:21:36

• 查了一下字典，Epidemic不僅用於流行病。不過兩個都是貶義色彩 -何仙姑- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 12:25:43

• Thanks ! Xian Gu. Your point of view gives me new understan. -CLary- ♀ (27 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 12:27:13

• 咦，不是標題可以打60個字嗎？難道是60個字母 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 12:30:02

• 最近好像確實是有了新尺度，我也發現 -何仙姑- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 12:35:18

• 我親自測了：漢字60字，或者英文60個字母。找過網管，網管回答為了版麵整潔，就給這麽多空間：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 14:44:39

• 是的，我也發現了：） -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 15:11:52

• Me too, me appreciate your perplexed questioning：）） -何仙姑- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 12:33:55

• Haunting on my mind for quite a long time, -CLary- ♀ (41 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:07:47

• pandemic seems to be large epidemic, beautifulwind knows -唐古- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:08:39

• Yeah, after I finished the post, I got it somehow:). -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:11:08

• 我再把水攪渾點 -心存善念- ♀ (1404 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:13:12

• It’s not jiaohunshui.It is discussion indeed. Thanks! -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:23:06

• 這裏應該有更多英語問題和討論：） -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:56:21

• 建議版主增設不定期主題活動“Discussion on something “:) -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:57:47

• 或者大家有問題和答案多來分享 -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 14:03:11

• 問題常常比答案更重要 -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 14:04:34

• 好！這就是平常說的“坑”，什麽坑都可以，大家隨便挖：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 17:01:21

• 原來坑是這個意思：） -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 17:11:27

• The first time to know the word endemic! -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:24:47

• 我發現在標題欄用漢字反倒能多寫 -心存善念- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:55:04

• 沒錯，我也發現了 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 13:56:23

• 本如此嗎representative一大串，代表 兩字 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 14:41:18

• 嗬嗬，有道理 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 15:12:37

• 60個漢字 或者60個字母：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 14:45:37

• 普通流行病與全球範圍流行病的關係， 我覺得還有severity的區別 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 14:33:29

• 是的 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 15:15:25

• epidemic是地方流行病。看到這個pandemic的解釋，非常好： -妖妖靈- ♀ (2327 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 14:42:10

• 好清楚 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 15:15:02

• Pandemic is an epidemic from Pandora's box. -Marauders- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 16:36:28

• Oh, I only like Pandora jewelry:). -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 17:12:56

• 世界平均已經病死率很低，低到了流感程度，而單純依賴疫苗的國家還瘋狂死人。所以不能叫pan必須交en了。數據見圖。 -楓林曉- ♂ (145 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 17:08:33

• Good! Today I learned a lot:). -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 17:13:51

• 楓博士好，讚用數據說話！：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 17:35:30

• 哈哈，博士今天開葷。 -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/20/2022 postreply 18:33:36

• Hungary 好像用中國疫苗？ -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 05:20:00

• 對他們一直是中國滅h疫苗的海外試驗基地。 -楓林曉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 18:28:36

• 經曆了（其實也正在經曆）這場COVID-9 -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (778 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 05:42:26

• pan- 翻譯成泛，可能來自於pan的讀音 -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (771 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 05:52:12

• 是的，我也這樣認為 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 07:30:34

• 想起來了，中國政府（外交部）那次不高興的嚴正聲明。 -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 06:25:00

• 是的 一個字就可以引起國際糾紛：）：）：） -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 08:32:33

• 詞匯變化的淵源解釋的非常好 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 07:33:33

• 恭喜陽光。首頁進來，謝謝網管，Discussion: What is the difference ?推薦成功 -梅雨潭- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2022 postreply 16:54:01