Difference between Toxicant and Poison

What is the difference between Toxicant and Poison?

Toxicant as a noun is a toxic or poisonous substance while Poison as a noun is a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.

Toxicant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Capable of causing damage by poisoning

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A toxic or poisonous substance

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 somebodyTo pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonousTo cause something to become much worseTo cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions

Example sentence: Everybody's got their poison, and mine is sugar.

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

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