Thread:ADour/@comment-25192437-20151009005244

In the War of the Symbiotes arc, both the original Carnage and the specimen of it bonded to Gwen - which are treated as being one-and-the-same by Tony Stark - are repeatedly referred to as symbiote both in-universe and in the editorial summaries, and it is considered the same sort of life form as the Venom Suit it was originally derived from. 