Communicable vs. Contagious

Communicableadjective

(of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals; contagious or catching.

Communicableadjective

Readily communicated.

Communicableadjective

Talkative or expansive.

Communicableadjective

Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

Communicableadjective

Communicative; free-speaking.

Communicableadjective

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Communicableadjective

readily communicated;

Contagiousadjective

Of a disease, easily transmitted to others.

Contagiousadjective

Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others.

Contagiousadjective

Of a person, having a disease that can be transmitted to another person by touch.

Contagiousadjective

Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

Contagiousadjective

Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.

Contagiousadjective

Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

Contagiousadjective

of or relating to communicable diseases;

Contagiousadjective

easily diffused or spread as from one person to another;

Contagiousadjective

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection