Fester vs Infectious - What's the difference?
fester | infectious |
To become septic; to become rotten.
* Milton
To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
* Macaulay
To cause to fester or rankle.
* Marston
(pathology, of an illness) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
(pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.
(of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.
(informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
As a verb fester
is to become septic; to become rotten.As an adjective infectious is
transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.fester
English
Verb
(en verb)- Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
- Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
- Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
- For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.
Anagrams
* ----infectious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Cancer is not infectious .
- More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.
- Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious .
- Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious .
- Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.
