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Poison vs Exotic - What's the difference?

poison | exotic |

As nouns the difference between poison and exotic

is that poison is a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism while exotic is an organism that is exotic to an environment.

As a verb poison

is to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody.

As an adjective exotic is

foreign, especially in an exciting way.

poison

English

(wikipedia poison)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
  • We used a poison to kill the weeds.
  • Something that harms a person or thing.
  • Gossip is a malicious poison .
  • (informal) A drink; liquor.
  • - What's your poison ?
    - I'll have a glass of whisky.

    Synonyms

    * (substance that is harmful) atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxin, venom

    Derived terms

    * poison gas * poison hemlock * poison ivy * poison oak * poison-pen letter * poison pill * poison sumac * poisoner * poisoning * poisonous * poisonwood * rat poison * what's your poison

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody
  • The assassin poisoned the king.
  • To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous
  • That factory is poisoning the river.
  • To cause something to become much worse
  • Suspicion will poison their relationship.
    He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
  • To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions
  • She's poisoned him against all his old friends.

    Synonyms

    * (to pollute) contaminate, pollute, taint * (to cause to become worse) corrupt, taint

    Derived terms

    * lead poisoning * poisoned chalice * radiation poisoning

    References

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    exotic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • * (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • Non-native to the ecosystem.
  • Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
  • Derived terms

    * exotically * exoticness * exotic atom * exotic baryon * exotic cheroot * exotic dancer * exotic sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
  • An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  • (physics) Any exotic particle.
  • Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics .

    Derived terms

    * invasive exotic