Susceptible vs Exposed - What's the difference?
susceptible | exposed |
likely to be affected by something
easily influenced or tricked; credulous
(medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
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(epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
* {{quote-book, 1983, , General Microbiology & Immunity, editors=Topley & Wilson
, passage=In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles , by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.}}
Vulnerable, susceptible.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (expose)
As adjectives the difference between susceptible and exposed
is that susceptible is likely to be affected by something while exposed is vulnerable, susceptible.As a noun susceptible
is a person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease.As a verb exposed is
past tense of expose.susceptible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
Derived terms
* suscept * susceptibly * susceptibilityNoun
(en noun)citation
Coordinate terms
* immune * infective ----exposed
English
Adjective
(head)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed' to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.