The difference between Lethal and Mortal
When used as nouns, lethal means one of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid, whereas mortal means a human.
When used as adjectives, lethal means deadly, whereas mortal means susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound.
Mortal is also adverb with the meaning: mortally.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lethal and Mortal
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Lethal as an adjective:
Deadly; mortal; fatal.
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Lethal as a noun (chemistry):
One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
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Mortal as an adjective:
Punishable by death.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Fatally vulnerable.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Of or relating to the time of death.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
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Mortal as an adjective:
Human; belonging to man, who is mortal.
Examples:
"mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power"
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Mortal as an adjective:
Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
Examples:
"a sermon lasting two mortal hours"
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Mortal as an adjective (UK, slang):
Very drunk; wasted; smashed.
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Mortal as a noun:
A human; someone susceptible to death.
Examples:
"Her wisdom was beyond that of a mere mortal."
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Mortal as an adverb (colloquial):
Mortally; enough to cause death.
Examples:
"It's mortal cold out there."