Feed vs Eat - What's the Difference?

Eat

Feed

Definitions

Definition as Noun
Definition as Noun
  • food for domestic livestock
Definition as Verb
  • take in solid food
  • eat a meal; take a meal
  • use up (resources or materials)
  • cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
  • worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
  • take in food; used of animals only
Definition as Verb
  • provide as food
  • feed into; supply
  • support or promote
  • serve as food for; be the food for
  • take in food; used of animals only
  • gratify
  • introduce continuously
  • provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
  • give food to
  • profit from in an exploitatory manner
  • move along, of liquids

Examples

  • "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
  • "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
  • "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
  • "What's eating you?"
  • "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
  • "feed the guests the nuts"
  • "Her success feeds her vanity"
  • "His admiration fed her vanity"
  • "This dish feeds six"
  • "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
  • "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
  • "feed carrots into a food processor"
  • "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
  • "feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
  • "He feeds on her insecurity"
  • "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

Parts of Speech

Verb
Noun, Verb