narcotic vs poison

narcotic

noun
  • Any type of numbing or soothing drug. 

  • Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both. 

adj
  • Of, or relating to narcotics. 

  • Inducing sleep; causing narcosis. 

poison

noun
  • Something that harms a person or thing. 

  • A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. 

  • Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity. 

  • An intoxicating drink; a liquor. (note: this sense is chiefly encountered in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison ?") 

verb
  • To place false information into (a cache) as part of an exploit. 

  • To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions. 

  • To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody). 

  • To pollute; to cause to become poisonous. 

  • To cause to become much worse. 

  • To inhibit the catalytic activity of. 

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