What is the difference between Contagious and Infectious?
What is the difference between Contagious and Infectious? :
Contagious : (adjective)
( 1 ) (Of a disease) spreading by contact
Scarlet fever is highly contagious one.
It was as contagious as smallpox.
( 2 ) Spreading easily from one person to another
Yawning is highly contagious.
Her confidence was contagious.
Infectious : (adjective)
( 1 ) (Of a disease) caused by bacteria, etc…
Influenza is highly infectious.
( 2 ) In danger of infecting others
While you have this rash, you are still infectious.
( 3 ) Quickly influencing others likely to spread to others
I find her enthusiasm infectious.
What an infectious laugh he has!
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