poisonous vs venomous
Definitions
adjective
- marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
- not safe to eat
- having the qualities or effects of a poison
Examples
Cayenne pepper, which easily loses its red colour, was tinted with cinnabar, an extremely poisonous mercury compound.
The pond water was strangled with poisonous weed.
Society may be full of poisonous vapors and be built on a framework of lies; it is nevertheless prudent to consider whether the ideal advantages of disturbing it overweigh the practical disadvantages, and above all to bear in mind that if you rob the average man of his illusions, you are almost sure to rob him of his happiness.
Definitions
adjective
- marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
Examples
A number of dead venomous snakes were also found in the property.
I then knew, by the black cross which I observed on its neck, that it was of the species called aquis, one of the boldest and most venomous of the serpents of that region.
I slowly sat up and faced my venomous brother and Will who seemed very unhappy.
