The difference between Poison and Venom
When used as nouns, poison means a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism, whereas venom means a poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging.
When used as verbs, poison means to use poison to kill or paralyse somebody, whereas venom means to infect with venom.
Venom is also adjective with the meaning: poisonous, poisoned.
check bellow for the other definitions of Poison and Venom
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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."
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Venom as a noun:
A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging.
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Venom as a noun (figuratively):
Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.
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Venom as a verb (obsolete):
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
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Venom as an adjective (obsolete):
Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.