Vaccinated vs Inoculated - What's the difference?
vaccinated | inoculated |
(vaccinate)
Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
* 1933 , Groucho Marx,
(inoculate)
(immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body, as to produce immunity to a specific disease.
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(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.
To add one substance to another; to spike.
To graft by inserting buds.
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(figurative) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue.
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As verbs the difference between vaccinated and inoculated
is that vaccinated is past tense of vaccinate while inoculated is past tense of inoculate.vaccinated
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Verb
(head)vaccinate
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Verb
(vaccinat), Duck Soup (movie)
- You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!
inoculated
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Verb
(head)inoculate
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Alternative forms
* innoculateVerb
- The culture medium was inoculated with selenium to investigate the rate of uptake.
- to inoculate the bud of one tree or plant into another
- to inoculate a tree
- to inoculate someone with treason or infidelity