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Transmissible vs Communicable - What's the difference?

transmissible | communicable |

As adjectives the difference between transmissible and communicable

is that transmissible is able to be transmitted while communicable is able to be transmitted between people or species; contagious or catching.

transmissible

English

Adjective

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

    • communicable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or species; contagious or catching
  • talkative or expansive
  • readily communicated

    • Antonyms

    * incommunicable

    Derived terms

    * communicable disease

    Related terms

    * communicability