contaminating vs infectious

contaminating and infectious both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contaminating	No	Yes	No	No
infectious	No	Yes	No	No

contaminating (adjective)	infectious (adjective)
spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination	easily spread
that infects or taints	of or relating to infection
	caused by infection or capable of causing infection