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Contagious vs Spittal - What's the difference?

contagious | spittal |

As an adjective contagious

is of a disease, easily transmitted to others.

As a noun spittal is

lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital.

contagious

English

(wikipedia contagious)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.
    • The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
  • Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.
    • Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
  • Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.
    • They were highly contagious , spreading bacteria to other people.

    Synonyms

    * (of a disease) catching, infectious * infectious

    Antonyms

    * non-contagious

    Derived terms

    * contagiousness * contagion

    spittal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital
  • a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases
  • a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks