Infectious vs. Catching — What's the Difference?

Capable of causing infection

Infectious.

Capable of being transmitted by infection

Attractive; catchy.

Capable of transmitting a disease; contagious

(informal) Infectious, contagious.

Spreading or tending to spread from one to another

Captivating; alluring; catchy.

Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).

The action of the verb catch.

Able to infect others.

Present participle of catch

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

Infectious; contagious.

(informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.

Captivating; alluring.

Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious water; infectious vices.

The act of seizing or taking hold of.

Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing.

(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture.

The act of detecting something; catching sight of something

Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth.

Becoming infected;

Caused by infection or capable of causing infection;

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Easily spread;

Of or relating to infection;