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Chewing vs Eating - What's the difference?

chewing | eating |

As verbs the difference between chewing and eating

is that chewing is present participle of lang=en while eating is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between chewing and eating

is that chewing is the consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant while eating is the act of ingesting food.

As an adjective eating is

suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

chewing

English

Verb

(head)
    • Stop chewing on your shirt and get back to work.

    Derived terms

    * chewing gum

    Noun

    (-)
  • (drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.

    • eating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
    • Wait! That's not an eating apple.

    Noun

    (wikipedia eating)
  • The act of ingesting food.
  • Food; cooking, cuisine.
    • I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating !
  • The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

    • Synonyms

    * (ingesting food) dining, consuming, consumption

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