Is typhoid fever and typhoid the same thing?

Typhoid fever is common in undeveloped countries such as Africa, where there is poor sanitation. You can also get Typhoid from contaminated water and food from a contaminated person.

It is transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi.

Typhoid fever (also known as Enteric fever) is caused by a strain of "Salmonella" bacteria (Salmonellae typhi) when they are spread through the body by the white blood cells that attempted to destroy...

By food or drink contaminated by sewage or by the bacteria sallmonella typhi

I think typhoid fever is not a contagious disease like cold and cough. You can get it if salmonella typi enters your bloodstream though food or water.