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Avid vs Hungry - What's the difference?

avid | hungry | Synonyms |

Avid is a synonym of hungry.


As adjectives the difference between avid and hungry

is that avid is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy while hungry is affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.

avid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
  • I'm an avid reader.
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  • We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

    Derived terms

    * avidly * avidity

    Anagrams

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    hungry

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
  • My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money .
  • (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
  • * Charles Kingsley
  • The cruel, hungry foam.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
  • Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
  • a hungry soil
  • * Shakespeare
  • The hungry beach.

    Synonyms

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