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Toxicant vs Toxophil - What's the difference?

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Toxophil is a related term of toxicant.



As adjectives the difference between toxicant and toxophil

is that toxicant is capable of causing damage by poisoning while toxophil is having an affinity with an organic poison (toxin).

As a noun toxicant

is a toxic or poisonous substance.

toxicant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of causing damage by poisoning

    • Noun

    (wikipedia toxicant) (en noun)
  • A toxic or poisonous substance

    • toxophil

    English

    Alternative forms

    * toxophile

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Having an affinity with an organic poison (toxin).
  • (biology) In harmony with a toxin.

    • Usage notes

    * usually said of an organism which produces or otherwise benefits from a poison

    Related terms

    * toxalbumin * toxemia * toxic * toxicant * toxicology * toxicosis

    See also

    * symbiotic