Poison vs. Venom

Poisonnoun

A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.

Poisonnoun

Something that harms a person or thing.

Poisonnoun

(informal) A drink; liquor.

Poisonverb

(transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody

Poisonverb

(transitive) To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous

Poisonverb

(transitive) To cause something to become much worse

Poisonverb

(transitive) To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions

Poisonnoun

Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.

Poisonnoun

That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as, the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.

Poisonverb

To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink.

Poisonverb

To injure or kill by poison; to administer poison to.

Poisonverb

To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind.

Poisonverb

To act as, or convey, a poison.

Poisonnoun

any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

Poisonnoun

anything that harms or destroys;

Poisonverb

spoil as if by poison;

Poisonverb

kill by its poison;

Poisonverb

kill with poison;

Poisonverb

add poison to;

Poisonverb

administer poison to;

Poison

In biology, poisons are substances that can cause death, injury or harm to organs, tissues, cells, and DNA usually by chemical reactions or other activity on the molecular scales, when an organism is exposed to a sufficient quantity.In a metaphorical broader use of term it may refer to any thing deemed harmful. The fields of medicine (particularly veterinary) and zoology often distinguish a poison from a toxin, and from a venom.

Venomnoun

A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging.

Venomnoun

(figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.

Venomverb

(obsolete) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

Venomadjective

(obsolete) Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.

Venomnoun

Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by biting or stinging.

Venomnoun

Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality.

Venomverb

To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

Venomnoun

toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)

Venomnoun

feeling a need to see others suffer

Venom

Venom is a type of poison, especially one secreted by an animal. Venom has evolved in a wide variety of animals, both predators and prey, and both vertebrates and invertebrates.