Susceptible vs Infected - What's the difference?
susceptible | infected |
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
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(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.}}
(infect)
referring to something that has received an infection
As adjectives the difference between susceptible and infected
is that susceptible is likely to be affected by something while infected is referring to something that has received an infection.As a noun susceptible
is (epidemiology) a person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease.As a verb infected is
(infect).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 ----infected
English
Verb
(head)- Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.
Adjective
(en adjective)- The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.