As verbs the difference between fester and poison
is that
fester is to become septic; to become rotten while
poison is to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody.
As a noun poison is
a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
fester English
Verb
( en verb)
To become septic; to become rotten.
* Milton
- Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester , and gangrene.
To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.
- Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester .
* Macaulay
- Hatred festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
To cause to fester or rankle.
* Marston
- For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.
Anagrams
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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
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