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Bile vs Venom - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bile and venom

is that bile is a bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion while venom is a poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.

As a verb venom is

to infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

bile

English

(wikipedia bile)

Etymology 1

Mid 16th century, via (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (biochemistry) A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
  • bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
  • Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1890, author=Walter Scott, title=The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I shall tire of my Journal if it is to contain nothing but biles and plasters and unguents. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1616, author=Alexander Roberts, title=A Treatise of Witchcraft, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He spake out of the Pythonesse'', ''Act. 16. 17.'' brought downe fire from heauen, and consumed ''Iobs sheepe 7000. and his seruants, raised a storme, strooke the house wherein his sonnes and daughters feasted with their elder brother, smote the foure corners of it, with the ruine whereof they all were destroyed, and perished: and ouerspread the body of that holy Saint their father with botches[t] and biles from the sole of his foot to the crowne of his head. }}
    Synonyms
    * gall
    Derived terms
    * bile duct * biliary * biliary tract * bilirubin * bilious * atrabilious * black bile * yellow bile

    Etymology 2

    Akin to (etyl) buil and (etyl) Beule.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A boil (kind of swelling).
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    venom

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia venom) (en noun)
  • A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.
  • * Milton
    • Hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
  • (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the venom of such looks

    Derived terms

    * nonvenomous * venomous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
    • Venomed vengeance. — Shakespeare.
    ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (head)
  • poison, venom

    • See also

    * venen * venod