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What is the difference between viral and bacterial?

viral | bacterial |

As adjectives the difference between viral and bacterial

is that viral is (virology) of or relating to a biological virus while bacterial is (microbiology) of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

As a noun viral

is (marketing) a video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.

viral

English

Adjective

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  • (virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.
    • viral DNA
  • (virology) Caused by a virus.
    • viral infection
  • (computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
  • (advertising, and, marketing) Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.

    • Derived terms

    * go viral * viral marketing

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
  • * 2002, Nik Lever, Flash Mx Games: ActionScript for Artists , Focal Press, page 411,
    • Using the Flash ActiveX control in this way allows you as a developer to create desktop characters, email virals and screensavers.
  • * 2003, Dave Chaffey, Total E-Mail Marketing , Elsevier, page 2,
    • [M]ost virals are not seen as profiling and data collection exercises, since that would kill the impulse of forwarding to a friend.
  • * 2005, Russell Evans, Practical DV Filmmaking , Focal Press, page 289,
    • Music company virals are becoming commonplace as costs of promos force labels to reconsider how to target more directly to consumers.

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    bacterial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}

    Related terms

    * bacterio-

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