Poisonous referring to touching or ingestion, while venomous refers to injection, and the argument there is no overlap (each being a totally different kind of 'substance'). In modern "biological" (Some biological medicine, particularly veterinary and zoology often distinguish a poison from a toxin, and from a venom) and most modern "herpetology" (not necessarily medical or other science fields ), these are used as forms of how the toxin is administered. As well as an "Appeal to Definition" fallacy (Using one definition of a term as evidence that term cannot have another meaning, expanded meaning, or even conflicting meaning). Often, there are other alternatives which haven’t been considered, or both choices might be false or true. In fact to argue there is only a 'single' definition for words, and that other definitions are wrong is an example of a false dichotomy fallacy Two choices are presented, when more might exist, and the claim is made that one is false and one is true - or one is acceptable and the other is not. But they themselves overlook other grammatically valid uses of the terms in other contexts, medical field and other fields of sciences. Some have accused Roberta Williams of being unintelligent or ignorant for use of these terms in the games. poisonous' which is a controversy, but in reality should be only a non-controversy. There is a pedantic internet discussion of 'venomous vs.
KQ3 and KQ6 refers to poisonous spiders (KQ7 refers to poisonous/venomous spiders). Earlier games often refer to 'poisonous snakes' as well as 'venomous snakes' (poisonous viper/venomous viper). The narrator calls the snake in KQ5, a venomous snake, and Cedric calls it poisonous. So the usage of the 'literary' "poisonous" seems rather fitting (its not a zoology or veterinary textbook, its a 'high fantasy/fairy tale game'). Notably speaking during middle ages, medieval, dark ages, and early renaissance, poison and venom were interchangeable terms, and venom even came from the Latin word for poison: 'venenum' (both largely having link to 'potions' and 'imbibing'). Poisonous Snake is also a common DND creature as well (a 'tiny beast'). Even the King James Bible uses poisonous/poison when referring to various kinds of poisonous snakes (only uses 'venom' once in one context as synonym of poison). Poisonous snakes also appear in the writings of H. Even Dracula is said to be poisonous or spread poison to his victims through his bite and blood. In Bram Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm the worm in question is yet another 'poisonous snake' (not even a beneficial white snake), venomous only appears once but more as a description of malevolence (rather than literal venom).
Watson discover as the weapon in a crime. The use of 'poisonous' to describe snakes and other creatures with venom appears commonly in Gothic literature as well In The Adventure of the Speckled Band the titular band is a 'poisonous snake', which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Rudyard Kipling mentioned poisonous snakes in his stories: see the story of Riki Tiki Tavi or the Jungle Book. Sinbad had to deal with poisonous snakes as well. The Twelve Brothers in Grimm's Fairy Tales.
See also Oleg: the Prince Who Was Killed by His Favorite Horse and Charlegmagne and the Snake. See Mohammed with the Magic Finger, The Story of Zoulvisia, or The Snake Prince: in Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. Be it from 'poisoning' via venom or snakes being poisonous to eat. Poisonous snakes are not uncommon in fairy tales and classic literature from which King's Quest is inspired.
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