contractable vs contagious

contractable and contagious both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, contractable and contagious are synonyms defined as:

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

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

contractable (adjective)	contagious (adjective)
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection	(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
	easily diffused or spread as from one person to another