contagious vs infectious

Definitions

adjective

1. easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
2. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Examples

Poverty is something that is contagious and infectious in our community.

Scarlet fever is highly contagious.

Half-an-hour later they were launching the canoe and loading up, while the storekeeper made jocular remarks about poor, weak mortals and the contagiousness of "stampedin 'fever.

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Definitions

adjective

1. caused by infection or capable of causing infection
2. easily spread
3. of or relating to infection

Examples

And the thing is, the resulting cartoonish anarchy is infectious.

Poverty is something that is contagious and infectious in our community.

Poor sanitation always leads to the spread of disease and to deaths from infectious diseases.

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