transmittable vs contagious

transmittable and contagious both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, transmittable and contagious are synonyms defined as:

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

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

transmittable (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