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Vulnerable vs Suscept - What's the difference?

vulnerable | suscept |

As an adjective vulnerable

is vulnerable.

As a noun suscept is

(biology) a species which is capable of being infected or parasitized by another species.

vulnerable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 29, author=Kevin Mitchell, work=the Guardian
    • , title= Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , passage=The elimination of Federer after Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.

    • Synonyms

    * (exposed to attack) defenceless, helpless, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, weak

    Antonyms

    * (exposed to attack) durable, indomitable, invincible, invulnerable, powerful, strong

    Derived terms

    * vulnerability * vulnerably

    suscept

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A species which is capable of being infected or parasitized by another species.
    • As is self-evident given its name, humanity is a suscept for HIV.

    Usage notes

    (term) is used only to refer to a species as a whole, but not to individual organisms that have been infected or parasitised. The term (host) is used to describe either the species as a whole or specific organism that has been infected or parasitized.