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Infected vs Affected - What's the difference?

infected | affected |

As adjectives the difference between affected and infected

is that affected is influenced or changed by something while infected is referring to something that has received an infection.

As verbs the difference between affected and infected

is that affected is past tense of affect while infected is past tense of infect.

As a noun affected

is someone affected, as by a disease.

infected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (infect)
    • Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • referring to something that has received an infection
    • The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.

    affected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • influenced or changed by something
    • The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
  • simulated in order to impress
    • He spoke with an affected English accent.
  • Emotionally moved; touched.
  • (algebra, archaic) adfected
    • an affected equation
  • Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation

    • See also

    * affectation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone , as by a disease.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (affect)
    • The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

    See also

    * effected