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communicable disease vs infectious disease

infectious disease vs communicable disease

communicable disease and infectious disease both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
communicable disease Yes No No No
infectious disease Yes No No No
As nouns, infectious disease is a hyponym of communicable disease; that is, infectious disease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than communicable disease:
  • communicable disease: a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
  • infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Other hyponyms of communicable disease include contagion, contagious disease, cold, common cold.
communicable disease (noun) infectious disease (noun)
a disease that can be communicated from one person to another a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Difference between communicable disease and infectious disease

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