Difference between Mortal and Deadly

What is the difference between Mortal and Deadly?

Mortal as an adjective is susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound while Deadly as an adjective is lethal

Mortal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A human; someone susceptible to death.

Example sentence: That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show.

Deadly

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: lethalvery accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.)very boringexcellent, awesome, cool

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Fatally, mortally.In a way which suggests death.

Example sentence: And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!

We hope you now know whether to use Mortal or Deadly in your sentence.

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