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Digestion vs Eating - What's the difference?

digestion | eating |

As nouns the difference between digestion and eating

is that digestion is digestion while eating is the act of ingesting food.

As a verb eating is

.

As an adjective eating is

suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

digestion

English

(wikipedia digestion)

Noun

  • The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
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  • The result of this process.
  • The ability to use this process.
  • The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
  • The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
  • (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.

    • Related terms

    * digest * digester * digestible

    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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