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Venomous vs Malignant - What's the difference?

venomous | malignant | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between venomous and malignant

is that venomous is full of venom while malignant is harmful, malevolent, injurious.

As a noun malignant is

1823, The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11.

venomous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of venom.
  • Toxic; poisonous.
  • Noxious; evil.
  • Malignant; spiteful; hateful.
  • Producing venom (poison usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.
  • powerful
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.}}

    Synonyms

    * noxious * poisonous * toxic

    Antonyms

    * non-venomous

    References

    * *

    malignant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
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  • (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
    • malignant diphtheria
    a malignant tumor

    Antonyms

    * (medicine) benign

    Related terms

    * nonmalignant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1823 , The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
    • As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants
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