[Vocabulary] Is there any difference between poisonous, venomous and toxic?

[shb27]

Is there any difference between poisonous, venomous and toxic?

 

[Raymott]

Is there any difference between poisonous, venomous and toxic?

Yes. Perhaps you could check a few dictionaries and find out what the difference is. Post again when you think you know, and we'll comment.
You could start here; it gives a clue in definition 1:
venom - definition of venom by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

 

[shb27]

Yes. Perhaps you could check a few dictionaries and find out what the difference is. Post again when you think you know, and we'll comment. You could start here; it gives a clue in definition 1: venom - definition of venom by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

I have done but haven't found a difference between them poisonous adjective - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online venomous adjective (POISON) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online toxic adjective (POISONOUS) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online

 

[Tdol]

Collocation is used with these words- we talk of toxic waste for the dangerous chemicals produced by industry, but snakes produce venom or poison, while cyanide is a poison.

With words with a similar meaning, it is a good idea to search a corpus (a specialised language database), which will provide real examples of the words or phrases you're interested in.

British National Corpus (BYU-BNC)
Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)