Contagious vs Inflect - What's the difference?
contagious | inflect |
Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.
Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.
Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.
To cause to curve inwards.
(music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
(grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
As an adjective contagious
is of a disease, easily transmitted to others.As a verb inflect is
to cause to curve inwards.contagious
English
(wikipedia contagious)Adjective
(en adjective)- The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
- Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
- They were highly contagious , spreading bacteria to other people.