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Vaccinate vs Vaccinable - What's the difference?

vaccinate | vaccinable |

As a verb vaccinate

is treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.

As an adjective vaccinable is

(medicine) able to be vaccinated against.

vaccinate

English

Verb

(vaccinat)
  • Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
  • * 1933 , Groucho Marx, , Duck Soup (movie)
    • You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!

    Related terms

    * vaccination * vaccine

    vaccinable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Able to be vaccinated against
  • *{{quote-book, year=1996, author=Mark Nichter, title=Anthropology and International Health: Asian Case Studies, chapter=Vaccinations in the Third World, page=333, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Vf8UirXZCwIC&pg=PA333
    • , passage=The balance of resources expended to keep children under five safe from vaccinable diseases is questioned, given the meager resources expended to improve the quality of life for child survivors. }}
  • (medicine) Able to be successfully vaccinated
  • *{{quote-journal, year=1982, journal=China Now, page=11 citation
    • , passage=Within a few years we had practically vaccinated the vaccinable population.}}