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Ivy vs Poison - What's the difference?

ivy | poison |

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)
  • Any of several woody, climbing or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera .
  • Any similar plant of any genus.
  • Hypernyms

    * climber * creeper

    Hyponyms

    * See ''Hedera . * (any similar plant) (Boston ivy) (Parthenocissus tricuspidata''), (cape ivy) ()

    Coordinate terms

    * kudzu * vine

    Derived terms

    * ivied * Ivy League * poison ivy

    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 ----