Susceptible vs Suspected - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between susceptible and suspected

is that susceptible is likely to be affected by something while suspected is of something or one believed to be of cause or at fault.

As a noun susceptible

is (epidemiology) a person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease.

As a verb suspected is

(suspect).

susceptible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

likely to be affected by something

He was susceptible to minor ailments.

easily influenced or tricked; credulous

(medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus

that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result

Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.

A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.

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]

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 * susceptibility

Noun

(en noun)

(epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

* {{quote-book, 1983, , General Microbiology & Immunity, editors=Topley & Wilson citation

, 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.}}

Coordinate terms

* immune * infective ----

suspected

English

Adjective

(-)

Of something or one believed to be of cause or at fault.

:Bring in the suspected vandal.

Verb

(head)

(suspect)