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Disastrous vs Toxic - What's the difference?

disastrous | toxic | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between disastrous and toxic

is that disastrous is of the nature of a disaster; calamitous while toxic is having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.

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

    toxic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (toxicology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.

    • Synonyms

    * poisonous * venomous

    Related terms

    * cytotoxic * toxicity * toxic shock * toxin

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