The difference between Bane and Poison
When used as nouns, bane means a cause of misery or death, whereas poison means a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
When used as verbs, bane means to kill, especially by poison, whereas poison means to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bane and Poison
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Bane as a noun:
A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse.
Examples:
"the bane of my existence"
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Bane as a noun (dated):
Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
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Bane as a noun (obsolete):
A killer, murderer, slayer.
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Bane as a noun (obsolete):
Destruction; death.
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Bane as a noun:
A disease of sheep; the rot.
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Bane as a verb (transitive):
To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
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Bane as a verb (transitive):
To be the bane of.
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Bane as a noun (chiefly, Scotland):
bone
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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."