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/icons/point.icon What is the difference between "toxic " and "poisonous " ? | HiNative
They basically mean the same thing that something is harmful.
Although poisonous is mostly used to describe harmful plants and animals. "Be careful that snake is poisonous."
While you can use toxic to describe multiple things. "Don't breath the air it's toxic." "My friend was in a toxic relationship." Hope that helps.
adjective
1. poisonous:
有毒の
e.g. the dumping of toxic waste
e.g. alcohol is toxic to the ovaries.
relating to or caused by poison:
毒の; 毒(素)による.
e.g. toxic hazards
e.g. toxic liver injury.
very bad, unpleasant, or harmful:
｟米｠ とても不快な, 我慢ならない.
e.g. a toxic relationship.
2. Finance denoting or relating to debt which has a high risk of default.
〘経〙 焦げ付いた
denoting securities which are based on toxic debt and for which there is not a healthy or functioning market:
e.g. the financial system has become clogged with toxic assets.
noun (toxics)
poisonous substances.
〖～s〗 有害物質
DERIVATIVES
toxically |ˈtäksək(ə)lē| adverb
ORIGIN
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin toxicus ‘poisoned’, from Latin toxicum ‘poison’, from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) ‘(poison for) arrows’, from toxon ‘bow’.