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Contactable vs. Contact — What's the Difference?

Contactable vs. Contact — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Contactable and Contact

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Contactable

Able to be contacted.
Steve is contactable on his mobile phone and his pager.

Contact

A coming together or touching, as of objects or surfaces.

Contact

The state or condition of touching or of immediate proximity
Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid.

Contact

Connection or interaction; communication
Still in contact with my former employer.

Contact

Visual observation
The pilot made contact with the ship.
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Contact

Association; relationship
Came into contact with new ideas at college.

Contact

A person who might be of use; a connection
The reporter met with her contact at the mayor's office.

Contact

A connection between two conductors that permits a flow of current or heat.

Contact

A part or device that makes or breaks such a connection.

Contact

(Medicine) A person recently exposed to a contagious disease, usually through close association with an infected individual.

Contact

A contact lens.

Contact

To get in touch with; communicate with
"This past January I was contacted by a lawyer who said he needed my help" (Elizabeth Loftus).

Contact

To come into contact with
"The [golf] club head did not produce a comforting click as it contacted the ball" (John Garrity).

Contact

To make contact with; touch or strike
Players may contact the ball only once on a volley.

Contact

To be in or come into contact.

Contact

Of, sustaining, or making contact.

Contact

Caused or transmitted by touching
A contact skin rash.

Contact

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

Contact

The establishment of communication (with).
I haven't been in contact with her for years.

Contact

The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

Contact

A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.

Contact

Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
Who is the company's contact for sales queries?
The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.

Contact

(informal) A contact lens.

Contact

(electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.

Contact

Contact juggling.
I bought myself a new contact ball last week

Contact

(mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Contact

To touch; to come into physical contact with.
The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

Contact

To establish communication with something or someone.
I am trying to contact my sister.

Contact

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

Contact

The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.

Contact

The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Contact

A metallic conducting component of an electrical device connected to a circuit within and so situated that it may form a conducting pathway to an external power source or device when contacted by another conductor; as, the contact on a standard light bulb has the shape of a screw for easy insertion into the socket.

Contact

A person who serves to commmunicate information to or from one group to another, whether formally or informally; as, a good Washington reporter has contacts in the White House.

Contact

Close interaction;
They kept in daily contact
They claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings

Contact

The state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity;
Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid

Contact

The act of touching physically;
Her fingers came in contact with the light switch

Contact

The physical coming together of two or more things;
Contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull

Contact

A person who is in a position to give you special assistance;
He used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor

Contact

A channel for communication between groups;
He provided a liaison with the guerrillas

Contact

(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact;
They forget to solder the contacts

Contact

A communicative interaction;
The pilot made contact with the base
He got in touch with his colleagues

Contact

A thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

Contact

Be in or establish communication with;
Our advertisements reach millions
He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia

Contact

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact;
The two buildings touch
Their hands touched
The wire must not contact the metal cover
The surfaces contact at this point

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