different between poison vs vitiate
poison
English
Etymology
From Middle English poisoun, poyson, poysone, puyson, puisun, from Old French puison, poison, from Latin p?tio, p?ti?nis (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from p?t? (“I drink”). Displaced native Old English ?tor. See also potion and potable.
Pronunciation
- enPR: poi'z?n, IPA(key): /?p??z(?)n/
- Rhymes: -??z?n
- Hyphenation: poi?son
Noun
poison (countable and uncountable, plural poisons)
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- Something that harms a person or thing.
- (informal) An intoxicating drink; a liquor. (note: this sense is chiefly encountered in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison ?")
- — What's your poison?
- — I'll have a glass of whisky.
- (chemistry) Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
- 2013, Huazhang Liu, Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts: Innovation and Practice (page 693)
- The temperature effect of poisons. The influence of poison on the catalyst can be different with the change of reaction conditions.
- 2013, Huazhang Liu, Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts: Innovation and Practice (page 693)
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with venom
Synonyms
- (substance that is harmful): atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxin
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
poison (third-person singular simple present poisons, present participle poisoning, simple past and past participle poisoned)
- (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
- (transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
- (transitive) To cause to become much worse.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
- (chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
- (transitive, computing) To place false information into (a cache) as part of an exploit.
- 2013, Ronald L. Mendell, Investigating Information-based Crimes (page 93)
- In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages.
- 2013, Ronald L. Mendell, Investigating Information-based Crimes (page 93)
Synonyms
- (to pollute): contaminate, pollute, taint
- (to cause to become worse): corrupt, taint
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “poison”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- poison in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Old French, inherited from Latin p?tio, p?ti?nis. Doublet of potion, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwa.z??/
Noun
poison m (plural poisons)
- poison
Derived terms
- empoisonner
- empoisonnement
- poisonneux
Further reading
- “poison” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
poison
- Alternative form of poisoun
Old French
Etymology
From Latin p?tio, p?ti?nis.
Noun
poison f (oblique plural poisons, nominative singular poison, nominative plural poisons)
- poison
- potion
Descendants
- ? Middle English: poisoun
- English: poison
- French: poison
Spanish
Etymology
From French poison. Doublet of poción.
Noun
poison m (plural póisones)
- (Louisiana) poison
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vitiate
English
Alternative forms
- viciate
Etymology
From viti?tus, the perfect passive participle of Latin viti? (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?v??.i.e?t/
- (US)
Verb
vitiate (third-person singular simple present vitiates, present participle vitiating, simple past and past participle vitiated)
- (transitive) to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something
- 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, 15 July, 1838":
- The least admixture of a lie, -- for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance, -- will instantly vitiate the effect.
- 2007, David Roodman, "A Short Note on the Theme of Too Many Instruments", Center for Global Development Working Paper 125 (August 2007), p. 9
- Unfortunately, as Anderson and Sørenson (1996) and Bowsher (2002) document, instrument proliferation can vitiate the test.
- 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, 15 July, 1838":
- (transitive) to debase or morally corrupt
- (transitive, archaic) to violate, to rape
- (transitive) to make something ineffective, to invalidate
Related terms
- See vice
Translations
References
Further reading
- vitiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vitiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vitiate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Verb
viti?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of viti?
vitiate From the web:
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