The difference between Atter and Poison
When used as nouns, atter means poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal, whereas poison means a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
When used as verbs, atter means to venom, whereas poison means to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody.
check bellow for the other definitions of Atter and Poison
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Atter as a noun (archaic, or, UK, _, dialectal):
Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
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Atter as a noun (archaic, or, UK, _, dialectal):
Pus, corrupt or morbid matter from a sore or wound.
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Atter as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):
Epithelium produced on the tongue.
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Atter as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):
A scab; a dry sore.
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Atter as a verb (UK, _, dialectal):
To venom; sting.
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Atter as a verb (UK, _, dialectal):
To discharge, as a sore; clot; curdle; cake.
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Poison as a noun:
A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
Examples:
"We used a poison to kill the weeds."
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Poison as a noun:
Something that harms a person or thing.
Examples:
"Gossip is a malicious poison."
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Poison as a noun (informal):
A drink; liquor.
Examples:
"— What's your poison?"
"— I'll have a glass of whisky."
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Poison as a verb (transitive):
To use poison to kill or paralyse somebody
Examples:
"The assassin poisoned the king."
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Poison as a verb (transitive):
To pollute; to cause some part of the environment to become poisonous
Examples:
"That factory is poisoning the river."
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Poison as a verb (transitive):
To cause something to become much worse
Examples:
"Suspicion will poison their relationship."
"He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism."
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Poison as a verb (transitive):
To cause someone to hate or to have unfair negative opinions
Examples:
"She's poisoned him against all his old friends."