Commonly Confused Words: Poison / Venom / Toxin

Sep 11, 2017 21:00


As Lewis Carroll's Alice observed, if you drink from a bottle marked "poison," it is almost certain to disagree with you sooner or later. But what about venom or a toxin? Today we'll take a look at these three terms and figure out what makes them different from one another.

(With the help of the cast of "Star Trek: The Original Series")

word choice:subtleties, !answer, language:word origins, author:chomiji, word choice:similar words

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