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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (33 children)

lmao, not an english native speaker here. What would be, in english language, the difference between poisonous and venomous? Lifting aside the "pois" and the "ven".

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
  • If it bites you and you die: it's venomous
  • If you bite it and you die: it's poisonous
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bears are venomous and lava is poisonous. Got it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

If we follow this logic, bears are both poisonous and venomous.

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