Lethal vs Winterkill - What's the difference?
lethal | winterkill |
Deadly; mortal; fatal.
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, title= (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal and/or vegetal population.
To kill by the conditions of winter, especially the effect of the cold, freezing.
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To die from the above effects of winter conditions.
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As nouns the difference between lethal and winterkill
is that lethal is one of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid while winterkill is the mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population.As an adjective lethal
is deadly; mortal; fatal.As a verb winterkill is
to kill by the conditions of winter, especially the effect of the cold, freezing.lethal
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}