Potion vs. Poison

Potionnoun

A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.

Potionverb

(obsolete) To drug.

Potionnoun

A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.

Potionverb

To drug.

Potionnoun

a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage

Potion

A potion (from Latin potio ) is a liquid "that contains medicine, poison, or something that is supposed to have magic powers.” It derives from the latin word potus which referred to a drink or drinking. The term philtre is also used, often specifically for a love potion, a potion that is supposed to create feelings of love or attraction in the one who drinks it.Throughout history there have been several types of potions for a range of purposes.

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.