different between inoculate vs infect

English

Alternative forms

• innoculate

Etymology

From Middle English inoculate, from Latin inocul?tus, perfect passive participle of inocul? (“ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”), from in (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n?kjule?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n??kjule?t/
• (General Australian)

Verb

inoculate (third-person singular simple present inoculates, present participle inoculating, simple past and past participle inoculated)

1. (transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]
2. (transitive, by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. To add one substance to another.

   Synonym: spike

4. To graft by inserting buds. [from c. 1420]
5. (figuratively) To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles). [from a. 1600]

   Synonyms: imbue, implant

Related terms

Translations

See also

• immunize / immunise
• vaccinate

Further reading

• inoculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inoculate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• lotucaine

Italian

Verb

inoculate

1. second-person plural present indicative of inoculare
2. second-person plural imperative of inoculare
3. feminine plural of inoculato

Anagrams

• cautelino

Latin

Verb

inocul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of inocul?

English

Etymology

From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of infici? (“dye, taint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

infect (third-person singular simple present infects, present participle infecting, simple past and past participle infected)

1. (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
2. (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
3. (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.

Antonyms

• disinfect

Derived terms

• infection
• infectible

Related terms

• infectious

Translations

Adjective

infect (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Infected.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I. iii. 187:

     And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect.

Anagrams

• netfic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f?kt/

Adjective

infect (feminine singular infecte, masculine plural infects, feminine plural infectes)

1. vile, loathsome
2. revolting, disgusting

Synonyms

• répugnant, dégueulasse, immonde

Descendants

• ? Romanian: infect

Further reading

• “infect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French infect, from Latin infectus.

Adjective

infect m or n (feminine singular infect?, masculine plural infec?i, feminine and neuter plural infecte)

1. revolting, disgusting (about smells)
2. vile, loathsome (about humans)

Declension