"Concentrated" poison reduces the max HP of the target. It's useful against trolls and enemies that cast healing spells. Regular poison simply deals damage. Lingering damage poison deals (listed damage x time) damage at a constant rate over that time. For example, Frostbite Venom deals "5 points damage(sic) to Health and Stamina for 4 seconds" - this is 20 damage over 4 seconds.