Susceptible vs Habituated - What's the difference?
susceptible | habituated | Related terms |
likely to be affected by something
easily influenced or tricked; credulous
(medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
(epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
* {{quote-book, 1983, , General Microbiology & Immunity, editors=Topley & Wilson
, passage=In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles , by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.}}
(habituate)
To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
* Sir K. Digby
* Tillotson
To settle as an inhabitant.
Susceptible is a related term of habituated.
As an adjective susceptible
is likely to be affected by something.As a noun susceptible
is (epidemiology) a person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease.As a verb habituated is
(habituate).susceptible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
Derived terms
* suscept * susceptibly * susceptibilityNoun
(en noun)citation
Coordinate terms
* immune * infective ----habituated
English
Verb
(head)habituate
English
Verb
(habituat)- our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime
- Men are first corrupted and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
