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Venom vs Ingest - What's the difference?

venom | ingest |

As verbs the difference between venom and ingest

is that venom is to infect with venom; to envenom; to poison while ingest is to take into the body, as for digestion.

As a noun venom

is a poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.

venom

English

Noun

(wikipedia venom) (en noun)
  • A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.
  • * Milton
    • Hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
  • (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the venom of such looks

    Derived terms

    * nonvenomous * venomous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
    • Venomed vengeance. — Shakespeare.
    ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (head)
  • poison, venom

    • See also

    * venen * venod

    ingest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take into the body, as for digestion.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in labelling of chemical products. Common phrase: "Do not ingest," meaning "Do not take in / Do not swallow."

    Hyponyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

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