Difference between Poison and Envenom

What is the difference between Poison and Envenom?

Poison as a verb is to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody while Envenom as a verb is to make poisonous

Poison

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism. Something that harms a person or thing. A drink; liquor.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous To cause something to become much worse To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions

Example sentence: Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.

Envenom

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make poisonousTo acerbate

We hope you now know whether to use Poison or Envenom in your sentence.

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