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Chewing vs Wasting - What's the difference?

chewing | wasting |

As verbs the difference between chewing and wasting

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

As nouns the difference between chewing and wasting

is that chewing is the consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant while wasting is gradual deterioration or wasting away.

As an adjective wasting is

causing a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass.

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.

    • wasting

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Causing a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass.

    • Derived terms

    *wasting disease

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
    • muscular wastings
  • The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.