toxic vs toxicant

toxic

adj
  • Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. 

  • Severely negative or harmful. 

  • Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems. 

  • Hateful or strongly antipathetic. 

toxicant

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

noun
  • A toxic or poisonous substance. 

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