Affected vs Susceptible - What's the difference?
affected | susceptible |
influenced or changed by something
simulated in order to impress
Emotionally moved; touched.
(algebra, archaic) adfected
Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation
(affect)
likely to be affected by something
easily influenced or tricked; credulous
(medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
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(epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
* {{quote-book, 1983, , General Microbiology & Immunity, editors=Topley & Wilson
, passage=In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles , by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.}}
As adjectives the difference between affected and susceptible
is that affected is influenced or changed by something while susceptible is likely to be affected by something.As nouns the difference between affected and susceptible
is that affected is someone affected, as by a disease while susceptible is a person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease.As a verb affected
is past tense of affect.affected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
- He spoke with an affected English accent.
- an affected equation
See also
* affectationVerb
(head)- The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.
See also
* effectedsusceptible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
Derived terms
* suscept * susceptibly * susceptibilityNoun
(en noun)citation