Measles vs. Rubella — What's the Difference?

Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by measles virus. Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days.

Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus. This disease is often mild with half of people not realizing that they are infected.

An acute, contagious viral disease, usually occurring in childhood and characterized by eruption of red spots on the skin, fever, and catarrhal symptoms. Also called rubeola.

A mild contagious eruptive disease caused by a virus and capable of producing congenital defects in infants born to mothers infected during the first three months of pregnancy. Also called German measles.

Black measles.

(pathology) A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.

Any of several other diseases, especially German measles, that cause similar but milder symptoms.

An acute but mild viral infection characterized by a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but attended by only mild respiratory problems or fever; - called also German measles. The infective virus is called Rubella virus, or Rubivirus. If contracted by a woman during the first several months of pregnancy, rubella may cause serious abnormalities in the fetus.

A condition of pork or beef caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.

A contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester

A plant disease, usually caused by fungi, that produces small spots on leaves, stems, or fruit.

(medicine) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.

Any disease causing red rashes.

(obsolete) Used as an intensifier.

(veterinary medicine) cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.

Any disease causing a tree's bark to become rough and irregular.

(medicine) measle: a red spot forming part of a rash, (now) particularly those caused by M. morbillivirus.

(figuratively) measle: any similar-looking red spot, particularly (printing) foxing.

(veterinary medicine) measle: the individual cysts of cysticercosis.

Plural of measle: the individual blisters in the surface of a diseased tree's bark.

A discreet assassination made to look like death from any natural cause.

(obsolete) measle

(obsolete) mesels: Leprosy.

Leprosy; also, a leper.

A contagious viral febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola. It is a common childhood disease.

A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.

A disease of trees.

The larvæ of any tapeworm (Tænia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children