poison vs dose

poison and dose both are nouns.

poison and dose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
poison	Yes	No	Yes	No
dose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dose is a hypernym of poison; that is, dose is a word with a broader meaning than poison:

poison: administer poison to
dose: administer a drug to

Other hypernyms of poison include drug.

poison (noun)	dose (noun)
anything that harms or destroys	a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
	the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

poison (verb)	dose (verb)
administer poison to	administer a drug to
add poison to	treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
kill with poison
kill by its poison
spoil as if by poison

Difference between poison and dose

Words related to "dose"

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