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Venom vs Poison (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We say poison tipped arrows, not venom tipped arrows, so there's at least one example of the words being interchangeable.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nah, if I remember right, those arrows use the poison from a tree frog's skin, not something like a snake's venom. So still poison!