infection vs incident

incident vs infection

infection and incident both are nouns.

infection is not an adjective while incident is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
infection	Yes	No	No	No
incident	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, incident is a hypernym of infection; that is, incident is a word with a broader meaning than infection:

infection: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
incident: a single distinct event

infection (noun)	incident (noun)
moral corruption or contamination	a single distinct event
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure	a public disturbance
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

infection (adjective)	incident (adjective)
	(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
	falling or striking of light rays on something

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