Difference between Poisonous and Venomous

What is the difference between Poisonous and Venomous?

Poisonous as an adjective is containing sufficient poison to be dangerous while Venomous as an adjective is full of venom.

Poisonous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous

Venomous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Full of venom.Toxic; poisonous.Noxious; evil.Malignant; spiteful; hateful.Producing venom in glands or accumulating venom from food.

Example sentence: Well, there are without doubt species of jellyfish around the world that are potentially lethal to human beings, some of which shut beaches for entire seasons. The box jellyfish of Australasia is officially the world's most venomous creature, and has killed swimmers in the past.

We hope you now know whether to use Poisonous or Venomous in your sentence.

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