Contagious vs Infect - What's the difference?
contagious | infect |
As adjectives the difference between contagious and infect is that contagious is of a disease, easily transmitted to others while infect is (obsolete) infected. As a verb infect is to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
contagious Adjective
( en adjective)
Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.
- The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.
- Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.
- They were highly contagious , spreading bacteria to other people.
Synonyms
* (of a disease) catching, infectious
* infectious
Antonyms
* non-contagious
Derived terms
* contagiousness
* contagion
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infect English
Verb
( en verb)
To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
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To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.
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Antonyms
* disinfect
Derived terms
* infection
* infectible
Related terms
* infectious
Adjective
( -)
(obsolete) Infected.
* 1602 , , I. iii. 187:
- And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect .
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