Difference between two words

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热心网友时间：2024-04-30 02:25

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So "poisonous" me having poison
and "venomous" me injecting poison to others?

Literally
both words have the same meaning. Poisonous animals and venomous animals proce a toxin that is injurious or even lethal to other animal. From the scientific point of view
the difference beeen the o terms involves how that toxin is delivered to the victim. A poisonous animal has poison in it. The poison may be harmful if you get it in or on you. But you have to touch or try to eat the dark frog to get the poison. A venomous animal has poison in it too. The toxin is proced in a gland. But a venomous animal can inject its toxin into another animal through a bite or sting.
Poisonous usually describes an object or food. Life object should use venomous. However its fine to use either one to describe animals.
参考: me
poisonous is me that eat or drink or touch to cause illness or death Venomous me that proce poisonous liquid to attack
参考: Oxford dictionary and my own edition
Words can actually have the same meaning. That o words
'poisonous' and 'venomous'
are examples.
参考: me