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Inflected vs Infected - What's the difference?

inflected | infected |

As adjectives the difference between inflected and infected

is that inflected is deviating from a straight line while infected is referring to something that has received an infection.

As verbs the difference between inflected and infected

is that inflected is (inflect) while infected is (infect).

inflected

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deviating from a straight line.
  • (grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
  • (linguistics) Having inflected word forms.
  • :(An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)
  • (botany) bent or curved inward or downward

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (inflect)

    • 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.