Communicate
Communicate verb - To cause (something) to pass from one to another.
Usage example: the infected cook unknowingly communicated the disease to hundreds of people
Contaminate and communicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contaminate" instead a verb "Communicate".
Contaminate
Contaminate verb - To make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable.
Communicate and contaminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Communicate" instead a verb "Contaminate".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| people | communicate people | contaminate people |
| atmosphere | communicate atmosphere | contaminate atmosphere |
| world | communicate world | contaminate world |
| magic | communicate magic | contaminate magic |
| Other words: anyone. | ||
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