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Infected vs Infectee - What's the difference?

infected | infectee |

As a verb infected

is (infect).

As an adjective infected

is referring to something that has received an infection.

As a noun infectee is

a person or other organism that has been 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.

    infectee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or other organism that has been infected.
  • * 2006 , David Groth, Network+ Study Guide (Exam N10-002) (page xl)
  • Many viruses exhibit the behavior described, especially sending e-mails automatically to many people in the infectee' s address book.