lethal vs toxicant

lethal

noun
  • Any weapon that causes death. 

  • One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. 

  • An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it. 

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal. 

toxicant

noun
  • A toxic or poisonous substance. 

adj
  • Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity; (broadly) poisonous. 

How often have the words lethal and toxicant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )