Difference between Flagellum and Scourge

Flagellum

Part of speech: noun

Definition: In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding. In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion. A whip

Scourge

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To strike with a scourge.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble, (figurative) cause of suffering to people.A whip often of leather.

Example sentence: The West needs leaders with the courage and the will to fight the scourge of radical Islam.