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Noxious vs Hazardous - What's the difference?

noxious | hazardous |

As adjectives the difference between noxious and hazardous

is that noxious is harmful; injurious while hazardous is risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.

noxious

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harmful; injurious.
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    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

    Synonyms

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    hazardous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
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  • (rfc-sense) Exposing to loss or evil.
  • Of or involving chance.

    • Derived terms

    * hazardously * ultrahazardous