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Contamination vs Infected - What's the difference?

contamination | infected |

As a noun contamination

is the act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

As a verb infected is

(infect).

As an adjective infected is

referring to something that has received an infection.

contamination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
  • (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
  • (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
  • The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

    • infected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (infect)
    • Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • referring to something that has received an infection
    • The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.