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Invasive vs Infestation - What's the difference?

invasive | infestation |

As nouns the difference between invasive and infestation

is that invasive is an invasive organism, as, a plant or animal while infestation is the presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.

As an adjective invasive

is that invades a foreign country using military force.

invasive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That invades a foreign country using military force.
  • (of a plant or animal) That grows in environments which do not harbor natural enemes, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
  • (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc'') That invades healthy tissue; (''of a procedure ) in which part of the body is entered
  • Intrusive on one's privacy.

    • Derived terms

    * invasively * invasiveness * noninvasive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.
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    infestation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.

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