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Toxic vs Intoxicate - What's the difference?

toxic | intoxicate |

As adjectives the difference between toxic and intoxicate

is that toxic is toxic while intoxicate is (obsolete) intoxicated.

As a verb intoxicate is

to stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.

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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    intoxicate

    English

    Verb

    (intoxicat)
  • To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.

    • Synonyms

    * (to stupefy) inebriate

    Related terms

    * intoxication

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Intoxicated.
  • (obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
  • * Chapman
    • Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; / I am well enough.

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