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Hazardous vs Poisonous - What's the difference?

hazardous | poisonous |

As adjectives the difference between hazardous and poisonous

is that hazardous is risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard while poisonous is containing sufficient poison to be dangerous.

hazardous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
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  • (rfc-sense) Exposing to loss or evil.
  • Of or involving chance.

    • Derived terms

    * hazardously * ultrahazardous

    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