Feed vs Eat - What's the Difference?
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"
- "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 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"