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Battening vs Fattening - What's the difference?

battening | fattening |

As verbs the difference between battening and fattening

is that battening is while fattening is .

As an adjective fattening is

that causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.

As a noun fattening is

the act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock.

battening

English

Verb

(head)

    • Anagrams

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    fattening

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
    • I'd really love to lose weight, the trouble is, tasty deserts with stuff like whipped cream are so fattening .

    Antonyms

    * slimming

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock
  • The act of eating a lot of food, thereby getting fatter

    • Verb

    (head)
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