Contaminated and Contagious

Contaminated

Contaminated adjective - Containing foreign or lower-grade substances.

Contagious and contaminated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contagious" instead an adjective "Contaminated".

Contagious

Contagious adjective - Capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another.
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Synonyms for Contagious

Contaminated and contagious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contaminated" instead an adjective "Contagious".

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