Maybe the difference between deadly and fatal?
As in, playing with gasoline and matches can be deadly.
As opposed to ....he’s dead, Jim. (Fatal.)
Maybe the difference between deadly and fatal?
As in, playing with gasoline and matches can be deadly.
As opposed to ....he’s dead, Jim. (Fatal.)
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Ah. Thank you for saying it more clearly than I could. Yes. I read it the way you explained it - the title didn’t say they died. Asbestos and cyanide are said to be deadly in some contexts; that was the one that came to my mind.