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Eatable vs Seedeater - What's the difference?

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Seedeater is a related term of eatable.



As nouns the difference between eatable and seedeater

is that eatable is anything edible; food while seedeater is an individual or species which eats seeds.

As an adjective eatable

is able to be eaten; edible.

eatable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be eaten; edible.
  • *
  • The contents of the pan began to boil, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable ;
  • * 1891 , , Natural selection and tropical nature , page 399,
  • When the seeds are larger, softer, and more eatable , they are protected by an excessively hard and stony covering, as in the plum and peach tribe ; or they are enclosed in a tough horny core, as with crabs and apples.
  • * 1911 , ,
  • Their diet includes practically everything eatable they can capture or kill.

    Usage notes

    Rather informal, due to simple analysis as eat + . edible is the usual term, and much more frequent – eatable may be interpreted as an error – while comestible is relatively formal. More narrowly, used to mean “food that can be eaten, but is not of very high quality ”.

    Synonyms

    * comestible * edible

    Antonyms

    * uneatable

    Coordinate terms

    * drinkable, potable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mostly, in the plural) Anything edible; food.
  • Synonyms

    * comestible * edible

    seedeater

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literally) An individual or species which eats seeds.
  • * 2003 , John Andrew Eastman, The Book of Field and Roadside
  • Mammal seedeaters include chipmunks; ground squirrels; red, gray, and fox squirrels; voles; white-footed mice; and pocket gophers.
  • A bird species which feeds mainly on seeds.
  • Most seedeaters have strong, typically shaped bills.

    Synonyms

    * (bird) hard-bill