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Catching vs Transmissible - What's the difference?

catching | transmissible | Related terms |

Catching is a related term of transmissible.


As adjectives the difference between catching and transmissible

is that catching is (informal) contagious while transmissible is able to be transmitted.

As a verb catching

is .

As a noun catching

is the action of the verb catch.

catching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb catch.
  • * 1819 , Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) contagious
  • captivating; alluring

    • transmissible

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • able to be transmitted
  • (medicine) capable of being transmitted from one person to another; contagious