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Infected vs Insected - What's the difference?

infected | insected |

As adjectives the difference between infected and insected

is that infected is referring to something that has received an infection while insected is (obsolete) resembling or relating to an insect.

As a verb infected

is (infect).

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.

    insected

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Resembling or relating to an insect.
    • (Howell)
    (Webster 1913)