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Venom vs Virulence - What's the difference?

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Venom is a related term of virulence.


As nouns the difference between venom and virulence

is that venom is a poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter while virulence is the state of being virulent.

As a verb venom

is to infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

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

    virulence

    English

    Noun

  • the state of being virulent
  • a measure of how virulent a thing is