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What's the difference between pandemic and epidemic ?

<div><s style="color: rgb(240, 102, 102);">i</s> <strong style="color: rgb(240, 102, 102);">I </strong>want to know</div><div><br></div><div>What's the difference between pandemic and epidemic?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">pandemic </strong></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">= </strong>	<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world</strong></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em> </em></strong>	<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>ex.</em></strong>	<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>a pandemic disease</em></strong></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">epidemic </strong></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">= </strong>	<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community</strong></div><div>	<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>ex.</em></strong>	<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>the outbreak of a flu epidemic</em></strong></div><div>			<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>an epidemic of measles</em></strong></div><div>			<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>Effectively, tobacco companies will be exporting an epidemic of smoking-related diseases, </em></strong></div><div>			<strong style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><em>the campaign suggests.</em></strong></div><div><br></div><div><em style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">SOURCE:  Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary</em></div>

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