Poison vs Innocuous - What's the difference?
poison | innocuous |
A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
Something that harms a person or thing.
(informal) A drink; liquor.
To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody
To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous
To cause something to become much worse
To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
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* 1910 , , The Lair of the White Worm , ch. 11:
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Inoffensive; unprovocative; not exceptional.
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As a noun poison
is a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.As a verb poison
is to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody.As an adjective innocuous is
harmless; producing no ill effect.poison
English
(wikipedia poison)Noun
(en noun)- We used a poison to kill the weeds.
- Gossip is a malicious poison .
- - What's your poison ?
- - I'll have a glass of whisky.
Synonyms
* (substance that is harmful) atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxin, venomDerived 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 poisonVerb
(en verb)- The assassin poisoned the king.
- That factory is poisoning the river.
- Suspicion will poison their relationship.
- He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
- She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
Synonyms
* (to pollute) contaminate, pollute, taint * (to cause to become worse) corrupt, taintDerived terms
* lead poisoning * poisoned chalice * radiation poisoningReferences
* * 1000 English basic words ----innocuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The shells fell for the most part innocuous ; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.
- Other things, too, there were, not less deadly though seemingly innocuous —dried fungi, traps intended for birds, beasts, fishes, reptiles, and insects.
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- Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments.
- He sat down, and lighted a cigarette, casting about the while for an innocuous topic of conversation.