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Consumption vs Eatworthy - What's the difference?

consumption | eatworthy |

As a noun consumption

is the act of consuming something.

As an adjective eatworthy is

worthy of, or worth being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.

consumption

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act of consuming something.
    • The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
  • The amount consumed.
    • gross national consumption
  • (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
  • (senseid)(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

    • Derived terms

    * autoconsumption, self-consumption. * conspicuous consumption.

    Related terms

    * consumer

    See also

    (Wikipedia)

    eatworthy

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Worthy of, or worth being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.
  • * 1985 , Behaviorism: Volumes 13-14
    • Fido believes that there is something eatworthy behind the triangle.
  • * 1993 , Scott M. Christensen, Dale R. Turner, Folk psychology and the philosophy of mind :
    • When a creature thinks of something as eatworthy or chew-worthy, for example, it might move toward and ingest it; the creature does not have to wait for food to come to it [...]
  • * 2004 , Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten :
    • [...] positive and non-eatworthy perception of penguins in general?' 'Not insurmountable, sir. If you recall, we had a similar problem marketing baby seal burgers, and they are now one of our most popular lines.