communicable vs contagious

communicable

adj
  • Able to be transmitted between people or animals. 

  • Readily communicated. 

  • Talkative or expansive. 

contagious

adj
  • Easily transmitted to others. 

  • Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person. 

  • Easily passed on to others. 

How often have the words communicable and contagious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )