poisonous vs toxicant

poisonous

adj
  • Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest. 

  • Negative, harmful. 

toxicant

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

noun
  • A toxic or poisonous substance. 

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