Biohazard vs. Hazard

Biohazard and Hazard Definitions
Biohazard
A biological agent, such as an infectious microorganism, or a condition that constitutes a threat to humans, especially in biological research or experimentation.
Hazard
A chance of being injured or harmed
Space travel is full of hazards.
Biohazard
The potential danger, risk, or harm from exposure to such an agent or condition.
Hazard
Risk or danger
A high degree of hazard.
Biohazard
A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.
Hazard
A possible source of danger
This room is a fire hazard.
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Biohazard
Hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions
Hazard
(Games) A game played with dice that is a forerunner of craps and was especially popular in England in the 1600s and 1700s.
Biohazard
Any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare
Hazard
(Sports) An obstacle, such as a sand trap, found on a golf course.
Hazard
(Archaic) Chance or an accident.
Hazard
To expose to danger or risk.
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Hazard
To venture (something)
Hazard a guess.
Hazard
To express at the risk of denial, criticism, or censure
"The wise young captain ... hazarded to the lieutenant-colonel that the enemy's infantry would probably soon attack the hill" (Stephen Crane).
Hazard
The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Hazard
An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
Hazard
(in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
Hazard
(golf) A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
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Hazard
(billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Hazard
(historical) A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
Hazard
Chance.
Hazard
(obsolete) Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
Hazard
(tennis) The side of the court into which the ball is served.
Hazard
(programming) A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
Hazard
To expose to chance; to take a risk.
Hazard
To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on.
I'll hazard a guess.
Hazard
A game of chance played with dice.
Hazard
The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.
I will stand the hazard of the die.
Hazard
Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.
Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard.
Hazard
Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
Hazard
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Hazard
Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.
Hazard
To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.
Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
He hazards his neck to the halter.
Hazard
To venture to incur, or bring on.
I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
They hazard to cut their feet.
Hazard
To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Hazard
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;
Drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Hazard
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another;
Bad luck caused his downfall
We ran into each other by pure chance
Hazard
An obstacle on a golf course
Hazard
Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation;
I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Hazard
Put at risk;
I will stake my good reputation for this
Hazard
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;
When you buy these stocks you are gambling