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Containable vs Contaminable - What's the difference?

containable | contaminable |

As adjectives the difference between containable and contaminable

is that containable is able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases while contaminable is capable of being contaminated.

containable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.

    • Antonyms

    * uncontainable

    contaminable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being contaminated.
    • (Webster 1913)