Communicable vs Transmissible - What's the Difference?

Communicable

Transmissible

Definitions

Definition as Adjective
  • readily communicated
  • (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Definition as Adjective
  • (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
  • occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  • inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

Examples

  • "communicable ideas"
  • "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
  • "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"

Parts of Speech

Adjective
Adjective