Susceptible vs. Susceptive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Susceptible and Susceptive
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Definitions
Susceptible
Easily influenced or affected
Is he susceptible to persuasion? I'm very susceptible to colds.
Susceptive
Receptive.
Susceptible
Especially sensitive; highly impressionable
A susceptible child.
Susceptive
Susceptible.
Susceptible
Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing something
A statement susceptible of proof.
A disease susceptible to treatment.
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Susceptive
Susceptible
Susceptible
Likely to be affected by something
He was susceptible to minor ailments.
Susceptive
Receptive
Susceptible
Easily influenced or tricked; credulous
Susceptive
Susceptible.
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Susceptible
(medicine) especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus
Susceptible
That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
Susceptible
Vulnerable
Susceptible
(epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
Susceptible
Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
It sheds on souls susceptible of light,The glorious dawn of our eternal day.
Susceptible
Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts.
I am constitutionally susceptible of noises.
Susceptible
(often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of;
Susceptible to colds
Susceptible of proof
Susceptible
Easily impressed emotionally
