Feast vs Eatathon - What's the difference?
feast | eatathon |
A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
Something delightful
A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
* Bible, Exodus xiii. 6
* Bible, Luke ii. 41
To partake in a , or large meal.
To dwell upon (something) with delight.
* Shakespeare
To hold a in honor of (someone).
To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
* Bishop Joseph Hall
A charity event in which participants eat as much as possible.
(slang) A large feast or pigout.
* 1982 , Barbara Zara, Erin McHugh, I left my fat behind (page 14)
* 1983 , Texas Monthly (volume 11, number 3, March 1983, page 49)
* 1992 , Sue Gebo, What's left to eat? (page 151)
As nouns the difference between feast and eatathon
is that feast is a very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature while eatathon is a charity event in which participants eat as much as possible.As a verb feast
is to partake in a feast, or large meal.feast
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) feest, feste, fest, from (etyl) feste, from (etyl) festa, plural of .Noun
(en noun)- We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
- It was a feast for the eyes.
- The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
- Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Synonyms
* banquetDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) feesten, festen, from (etyl) fester, from , from the noun. See above.Verb
(en verb)- I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
- With my love's picture then my eye doth feast .
- We feasted them after the victory.
- Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.
Derived terms
* feaster * feast one’s eyesAnagrams
* * *eatathon
English
Noun
- So I gave myself a week's reprieve and started another eatathon .
- Our recommendation is to tote the excess home in a doggie bag so you can indulge in the dessert, the Queen of Sheba, an eatathon consisting of a rich chocolate base, mounds of whipped cream, and a guilt complex.
- Typically, Americans eat a very substantial portion of the day's calories at the evening meal, and then continue an evening "eatathon" in front of the tube.