Malicious vs Poisonous - What's the difference?
malicious | poisonous |
Of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite
spiteful and deliberately harmful
Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous
(of an animal) Inedible due to containing poison; poisonous to eat
As adjectives the difference between malicious and poisonous
is that malicious is of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite while poisonous is containing sufficient poison to be dangerous.malicious
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.