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drug vs poison

poison vs drug

drug and poison both are nouns.

drug and poison both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
drug Yes No Yes No
poison Yes No Yes No
As verbs, poison is a hyponym of drug; that is, poison is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than drug:
  • drug: administer a drug to
  • poison: administer poison to
drug (noun) poison (noun)
a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic anything that harms or destroys
any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
drug (verb) poison (verb)
administer a drug to administer poison to
use recreational drugs add poison to
kill with poison
kill by its poison
spoil as if by poison
Difference between drug and poison

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