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Engorged vs Engorge - What's the difference?

engorged | engorge |

As verbs the difference between engorged and engorge

is that engorged is (engorge) while engorge is .

As an adjective engorged

is of or pertaining to something that is overly filled with fluid, especially a blood vessel.

engorged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (engorge)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to something that is overly filled with fluid, especially a blood vessel.
  • engorge

    English

    Verb

  • To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
  • *{{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.}}
  • To feed ravenously.
  • (pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.