Infect vs Pox - What's the difference?
infect | pox |
To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
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(obsolete) Infected.
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(pathology) A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
Syphilis.
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As verbs the difference between infect and pox
is that infect is to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen) while pox is (dated) to infect with the pox, or syphilis.As a adjective infect
is (obsolete) infected.As a noun pox is
(pathology) a disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.infect
English
Verb
(en verb)Katie L. Burke
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Antonyms
* disinfectDerived terms
* infection * infectibleAdjective
(-)- And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect .
