Dangerous vs Venomous - What's the difference?
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Full of danger.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:If they incline to think you dangerous / To less than gods
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
(lb) Hard to suit; difficult to please.
*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; / My lord to me is hard and dangerous .
(lb) Reserved; not affable.
*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:Of his speech dangerous
Full of venom.
Toxic; poisonous.
Noxious; evil.
Malignant; spiteful; hateful.
Producing venom (poison usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.
powerful
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 10
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton
, work=BBC Sport
Dangerous is a related term of venomous.
As adjectives the difference between dangerous and venomous
is that dangerous is full of danger while venomous is full of venom.dangerous
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Forby. Bartlett.
Synonyms
(full of danger) * hazardous * perilous * risky * unsafe * See alsoAntonyms
* (full of danger) safeAnagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsvenomous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.}}
