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Infect vs Infectable - What's the difference?

infect | infectable |

As adjectives the difference between infect and infectable

is that infect is (obsolete) infected while infectable is able to infect or to become infected.

As a verb infect

is to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).

infect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
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    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
  • To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.

    • 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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    infectable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to infect or to become infected