Famine vs Feast - What's the difference?
famine | feast |
(uncountable) extreme shortage of food in a region
* 1971 , Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation
(countable) a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
* 1986 , United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
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
As a proper noun famine
is the personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.As a noun feast is
a very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.As a verb feast is
to partake in a , or large meal.famine
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Noun
(wikipedia famine)- Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.
- The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....
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.