Infected vs Contagious - What's the difference?
infected | contagious |
(infect)
referring to something that has received an infection
Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.
Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.
Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.
As adjectives the difference between infected and contagious
is that infected is referring to something that has received an infection while contagious is of a disease, easily transmitted to others.As a verb infected
is (infect).infected
English
Verb
(head)- Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.
contagious
English
(wikipedia contagious)Adjective
(en adjective)- The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
- Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
- They were highly contagious , spreading bacteria to other people.