malaise vs virus

malaise

noun
  • A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness. 

  • An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression. 

  • Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone. 

virus

noun
  • Any malicious or dangerous entity that spreads from one place or person to another. 

  • A quantity of such infectious agents 

  • A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness. 

  • Any type of malware. 

  • A type of malware which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks, often causing damage to systems and data; also computer virus. 

  • A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism; such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms. 

verb
  • To send or infect an electronic device with a computer virus. 

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