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Retricyesterday at 2:20 AM1 replyview on HN

In practice the difference is mostly semantics.

Venom is still almost always poisonous when eaten and poison is harmful when injected. 2-3% as dangerous when eaten vs injected only helps so much.


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readthenotes1today at 4:15 AM

"mostly semantics"

Semantics: 1 (linguistics) the study of meanings

I am not sure what could be more important.

But perhaps you "word choice"?

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