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infective agent vs pathogen

pathogen vs infective agent

infective agent and pathogen both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
infective agent Yes No No No
pathogen Yes No No No
As nouns, pathogen is a hyponym of infective agent; that is, pathogen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than infective agent:
  • infective agent: an agent capable of producing infection
  • pathogen: any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
Other hyponyms of infective agent include virus.
infective agent (noun) pathogen (noun)
an agent capable of producing infection any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
Difference between infective agent and pathogen

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