Ivy vs Poison - What's the difference?
ivy | poison |
Any of several woody, climbing or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera .
Any similar plant of any genus.
A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
Something that harms a person or thing.
(informal) A drink; liquor.
To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody
To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous
To cause something to become much worse
To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions
As nouns the difference between ivy and poison
is that ivy is any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera while poison is a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.As a proper noun Ivy
is {{given name|female|from=English}}; popular in the UK in the beginning of the 20th century.As a verb poison is
to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody.ivy
English
Noun
(ivies)Hypernyms
* climber * creeperHyponyms
* See ''Hedera . * (any similar plant) (Boston ivy) (Parthenocissus tricuspidata''), (cape ivy) ()Coordinate terms
* kudzu * vineDerived terms
* ivied * Ivy League * poison ivyExternal links
* ("ivy" on Wikipedia) * (Hedera)poison
English
(wikipedia poison)Noun
(en noun)- We used a poison to kill the weeds.
- Gossip is a malicious poison .
- - What's your poison ?
- - I'll have a glass of whisky.
Synonyms
* (substance that is harmful) atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxin, venomDerived 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 poisonVerb
(en verb)- The assassin poisoned the king.
- That factory is poisoning the river.
- Suspicion will poison their relationship.
- He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
- She's poisoned him against all his old friends.