瑞科翻譯公司小課堂——單詞辨析，今天小編給大家介紹一下 Coronavirus 和 COVID-19 的區別。

　　Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that causes illnesses ranging from mild to severe respiratory diseases.

　　冠狀病毒是一個大類病毒，會引起輕度至重度呼吸道疾病。

　　The name ‘corona’ was given to this virus family since they have crown-like projections on their surface.

　　給這類病毒取名“冠狀”得名自其表面的棒狀突起（刺突）。

　　COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus disease first reported in December 2019 and an ongoing outbreak in the world.

　　COVID-19是一種新型冠狀病毒，于 2019 年12月首次報道，并在世界范圍內持續爆發。

　　Coronavirus is a disease-causing agent while COVID-19 is a respiratory illness

　　冠狀病毒是一種致病因子，然而COVID-19是一種呼吸道疾病。

　　So, this is the fundamental difference between coronavirus and COVID-19. Moreover, coronavirus causes mild to severe respiratory illnesses. (輕度至重度的呼吸系統疾?。〣ut, COVID-19 can have potentially serious complications(并發癥), such as troubled breathing and pneumonia. （呼吸困難和肺炎）.

　　但是，COVID-19可能會有潛在的嚴重并發癥，如呼吸困難和肺炎。