communicable vs contractable

communicable and contractable both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
communicable	No	Yes	No	No
contractable	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, communicable and contractable are synonyms defined as:

communicable and contractable: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Other synonyms of communicable include catching, contagious, transmissible, transmittable.

communicable (adjective)	contractable (adjective)
readily communicated	(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection