Impervious vs Immune - What's the difference?
impervious | immune |
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
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Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Immune to damage or effect.
Exempt; not subject to.
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Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
(by extension) Not vulnerable.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system.
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, title= (epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
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, passage=Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes .}}
To make immune.
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* 1905 , American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal (volume 29, page 42)
As adjectives the difference between impervious and immune
is that impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by while immune is exempt; not subject to.As a noun immune is
a person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease.As a verb immune is
{{cx|rare|transitive|lang=en}} To make immune.impervious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* perviousDerived terms
* imperviously * imperviousnessimmune
English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* susceptible * vulnerableDerived terms
* autoimmuneNoun
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Coordinate terms
* infective * susceptibleVerb
(immun)- In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision
- The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.