Virulent vs Toxic - What's the difference?
virulent | toxic |
(chiefly, medicine, of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant or deadly.
Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 (toxicology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
As adjectives the difference between virulent and toxic
is that virulent is (chiefly|medicine|of a disease or disease-causing agent) highly infectious, malignant or deadly while toxic is toxic.virulent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent , and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}