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    Contracting A Disease and Catching A

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    There is little difference between contracting and catching a disease, as some diseases can be both contracted and caught. Contracting generally refers to developing or acquiring a disease through any means, whether contagious or not, while catching specifically refers to acquiring an illness through infection or contagion from another source. The key difference is that catching implies transmittal from another, while contracting is broader and can include non-contagious causes.

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    There is little difference between contracting and catching a disease, as some diseases can be both contracted and caught. Contracting generally refers to developing or acquiring a disease through any means, whether contagious or not, while catching specifically refers to acquiring an illness through infection or contagion from another source. The key difference is that catching implies transmittal from another, while contracting is broader and can include non-contagious causes.

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    There is little difference between contracting and catching a disease, as some diseases can be both contracted and caught. Contracting generally refers to developing or acquiring a disease through any means, whether contagious or not, while catching specifically refers to acquiring an illness through infection or contagion from another source. The key difference is that catching implies transmittal from another, while contracting is broader and can include non-contagious causes.

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    There is little difference between contracting and catching a disease, as some diseases can be both contracted and caught. Contracting generally refers to developing or acquiring a disease through any means, whether contagious or not, while catching specifically refers to acquiring an illness through infection or contagion from another source. The key difference is that catching implies transmittal from another, while contracting is broader and can include non-contagious causes.

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    What could be the difference between

    contracting a disease and catching a


    disease?
    There isn't any big difference. However, it
    looks like there are some diseases you
    can both catch and contract and others
    you can only either catch or contract.

    Contract means
    [with object] catch or develop (a disease or
    infectious agent): Three people contracted a killer
    virus
    Catch means
    contract (an illness) through infection or
    contagion: He served in Africa, where he caught
    malaria
    The principal difference is that catch suggests a
    transmittable infection, while contract can
    refer to a wider variety of diseases, including
    those that are not contagious.

    More.

    catch malaria
    develop cataracts
    contract tuberculosis
    suffer a stroke
    suffer from vertigo
    develop myopia

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