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Eating vs Swallowing - What's the difference?

eating | swallowing |

As verbs the difference between eating and swallowing

is that eating is while swallowing is .

As nouns the difference between eating and swallowing

is that eating is the act of ingesting food while swallowing is the act of one who swallows.

As an adjective eating

is suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

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

    Anagrams

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    swallowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who swallows.
  • * 1865 , The Hahnemannian Monthly (volume 1, page 354)
    • Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings .