ophidism vs poisoning

ophidism and poisoning both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ophidism	Yes	No	No	No
poisoning	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, poisoning is a hypernym of ophidism; that is, poisoning is a word with a broader meaning than ophidism:

ophidism: poisoning by snake venom
poisoning: the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

Other hypernyms of ophidism include intoxication, toxic condition.

ophidism (noun)	poisoning (noun)
poisoning by snake venom	the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
	the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance