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Infected vs Infectability - What's the difference?

infected | infectability |

As a verb infected

is past tense of infect.

As an adjective infected

is referring to something that has received an infection.

As a noun infectability is

the ability to infect or be infected.

infected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (infect)
  • Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • referring to something that has received an infection
  • The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.

    infectability

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The ability to infect or be infected