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Infest vs Infestive - What's the difference?

infest | infestive |

As adjectives the difference between infest and infestive

is that infest is (obsolete) mischievous; hurtful; harassing while infestive is tending to infest; acting like an infection.

As a verb infest

is to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers.

infest

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
    • Insects are infesting my basement!
  • (pathology, of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) mischievous; hurtful; harassing
    • (Spenser)

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    infestive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to infest; acting like an infection.