eli5: What’s the difference between lethal, fatal, and deadly?
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Lethal – action with intent to kill, object with the ability to kill
Fatal – anything thay caused death is fatal, but the thing itself doesn’t have to be inherently bad (the car crash was fatal, it wasn’t lethal), i feel like this is a past tense, whatever caused the death was fatal, but nothing that’s *just* about to cause death is fatal
Deadly – similar to fatal, any action or object which can cause death
That’s my understanding, english is my second language
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