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Devouring vs Devourer - What's the difference?

devouring | devourer |

As nouns the difference between devouring and devourer

is that devouring is the act by which something is devoured while devourer is one who devours.

As a verb devouring

is .

devouring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is devoured.
  • * 1982 , Frederick Asals, Flannery O'Connor, the Imagination of Extremity (page 189)
    • But like all the other symbolic devourings in the novel, this one too brings its revelation.

    devourer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who devours.
  • * 1774 , Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)
    • It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented

    Anagrams

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