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In german there is only one word for it, which is a gift for german speakers.
I’d take poisonous/venomous over German grammar.
Literally Gift or giftig.
Same in Spanish. Veneno for both posion/venom.
Same in Norway with “gift”. Also, the same word is used for “married”.
The fact that we’re having this discussion at all kind of proves that either English is losing the distinction, or it was never as clear a distinction as people sometimes make it out to be. Either way I’m fine with it because it doesn’t seem like a very useful distinction to make in everyday language, and you can sidestep it entirely by using a word like toxic instead.
We say poison tipped arrows, not venom tipped arrows, so there’s at least one example of the words being interchangeable.
I knew something was up. We’re onto you /u/fossilesque
Can’t pull a fast one on you lot smh
Yep, seen this one before, by the standards outlined it means that:
Lava is poisonous and Bears are venomous.
Aren’t those frogs also venomous? The natives use their toxin for tipping their hunting darts and arrows.
What if I put poison on my teeth, bite someone and they die?
Unlikely. You probably will injest the poison and die, and depending on if the poison also acts as a venom they may / may not.
It’s probably more accurate to say "Venoms are injected. Poisons are injested. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridatism
But I also suspect that there are poisons which are deadly when injected and more mildly toxic when ingested. But I am not a chemist.
Can something be both poisonous and venomous at the same time?
Good question. Not an expert. Or even a amateur. But yea eating the venom can’t be good.
Froakie is unable to battle!
Chomp!
If I call a snake poisonous, or a frog venomous there is no knowledgeable person that will be confused about what I’m saying. The only people who bring this point up are people who love to be pedantic.
You called?
Unless we’re talking about eating the snake. That could cause some confusion.
Maybe calling a Snake Poisonous
But if you tell me a Frog is venomous I’m certainly going to misunderstand and get away from it asap
Because funnily enough iirc there are actually venomous frogs that kill if they touch you
