pathogenic vs infective

pathogenic and infective both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pathogenic	No	Yes	No	No
infective	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, pathogenic and infective are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of pathogenic include morbific.

pathogenic (adjective)	infective (adjective)
able to cause disease	caused by infection or capable of causing infection
	able to cause disease