• oni@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    lmao, not an english native speaker here. What would be, in english language, the difference between poisonous and venomous? Lifting aside the “pois” and the “ven”.

    • Melochar @lemmy.world
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      Poisonous: will make you sick if you eat it. Venomous: will make you sick if it bites or stings you.

      • CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Wait. So what if you ate the snake… wouldn’t that mean at that point it could be poisonous? Checkmate.

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          If you consume venom and don’t have any open sores, you should be fine in most cases.

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          Poison, however, will probably still kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream. Then again, most things will kill you if you inject it into your bloodstream.

        • gila@lemm.ee
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          Yes, venom is poisonous. It is a subset of poisons that are injected via bites or stings.

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      2 months ago

      I don’t speak Spanish, but just looking at the alternative options Google Translate provides when you only input a single word, it’s possible that “tóxico” might be a clearer translation of “poisonous”.

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      Poisons are ingested where as venoms are injected.

      If you bite (or drink, etc.) it it’s poison. If it bites (or stings, etc.) you it’s venom.

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      I was told that if something dies from poison and you eat it then it is dangerous. But if something dies from venom and you eat it you will be okay.

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        Keep in mind that poisonous and venomous are only different in a scientific context. In regular conversation people use them to mean the same thing (or at least they use poisonous to mean both-- venomous is less used in casual contexts)