contagion vs dose

dose vs contagion

contagion and dose both are nouns.

contagion is not a verb while dose is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contagion	Yes	No	No	No
dose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, dose is a hyponym of contagion; that is, dose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than contagion:

contagion: any disease easily transmitted by contact
dose: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

Other hyponyms of contagion include flu, grippe, influenza, measles, morbilli, rubeola, diphtheria, scarlatina, scarlet fever, pox, trench mouth, Vincent's angina, Vincent's infection, Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse, coronavirus disease.

contagion (noun)	dose (noun)
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people	a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
any disease easily transmitted by contact	the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

contagion (verb)	dose (verb)
	administer a drug to
	treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

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