different between pandemic vs infectious

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /pæn?d?m?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k
• Hyphenation: pan?dem?ic

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (pánd?mos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). ???????? is derived from ???- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + ????? (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pand?mus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).

Adjective

pandemic (comparative more pandemic, superlative most pandemic)

1. (epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) pandemial, (obsolete) pandemical, panepidemic

   Antonym: nonpandemic
2. (usually derogatory) General, widespread.

   Synonyms: common, ubiquitous, universal; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

pandemic (plural pandemics)

1. (epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

   Synonyms: (rare) pandemia; see also Thesaurus:pandemic

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Black Death
• bubonic plague
• COVID-19 (coronavirus, Chinese virus, Wuhan virus)
• plague
• Spanish flu

Etymology 2

See Pandemic.

Adjective

pandemic (not comparable)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, rare) Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic - Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.

References

Further reading

• pandemic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pandemic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French pandémique

Adjective

pandemic m or n (feminine singular pandemic?, masculine plural pandemici, feminine and neuter plural pandemice)

1. pandemic

Declension

English

Adjective

infectious (comparative more infectious, superlative most infectious)

1. (pathology, of an illness) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.

   Cancer is not infectious.

   More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.

2. (pathology, of a person) Able to infect others.

   Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious.

3. (of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.

   Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious.

4. (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.

   Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.

Synonyms

• (transmitted between persons as illness): catching, contagious
• (able to infect others): contagious
• (spreading quickly between persons): contagious
• (memorable and exciting): catchy, contagious

Antonyms

• non-infectious, noninfectious

Derived terms

• infection
• toxicoinfectious

Translations

Anagrams

• countifies