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Disastrous vs Poisonous - What's the difference?

disastrous | poisonous | Related terms |

Disastrous is a related term of poisonous.


As adjectives the difference between disastrous and poisonous

is that disastrous is of the nature of a disaster; calamitous while poisonous is containing sufficient poison to be dangerous.

disastrous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
  • foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

    • Synonyms

    * (calamitous) cataclysmic, catastrophic * (ill-omened) ill-boding, , sinister

    Derived terms

    * disastrously

    poisonous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous
  • (of an animal) Inedible due to containing poison; poisonous to eat

    • Synonyms

    * toxic, venomous, attery

    Derived terms

    * poisonousness