Feed vs Feast - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between feed and feast

is that feed is to give to a machine to be processed while feast is to hold a feast in honor of (someone).

In intransitive terms the difference between feed and feast

is that feed is to eat usually of animals while feast is to dwell upon (something) with delight.

feed

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) feden, from (etyl) through Indo-European. More at (l), (l).

Verb

(lb) To give (someone or something) food to eat.

*Bible, (w) xii.20:

*:If thine enemy hunger, feed him.

(lb) To eat (usually of animals).

*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.

(lb) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.

*2012 December 25 (airdate), (Steven Moffat), The Snowmen'' (''Doctor Who )

*:DR SIMEON: I said I'd feed you. I didn't say who to.

(lb) To give to a machine to be processed.

(lb) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.

*(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

*:feeding him with the hope of liberty

To supply with something.

To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.

*Mortimer

*:Once in three years feed your mowing lands.

To pass to.

*{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28, author=Kevin Darlin, work=BBC

, title= West Brom 1-3 Blackburn , passage=Morrison then played a pivotal role in West Brom's equaliser, powering through the middle and feeding Tchoyi, whose low, teasing right-wing cross was poked in by Thomas at the far post}}

To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply.

Noun

(uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.

They sell feed , riding helmets, and everything else for horses.

Something supplied continuously.

a satellite feed

The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.

the paper feed of a printer

(countable) A gathering to eat, especially in quantity

They held a crab feed on the beach.

(Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.

I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.

Derived terms

* atom feed * data feed * live Internet feed * Internet feed * RSS feed, syndication feed * Web feed

Derived terms

* bite the hand that feeds one * chicken feed * feed dog * feeding frenzy * feed one's face * feedstock * * misfeed * off one's feed * overfeed * underfeed

Etymology 2

+ -(e)d

Verb

(head)

(fee)

English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words ----

feast

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) feest, feste, fest, from (etyl) feste, from (etyl) festa, plural of .

Noun

(en noun)

A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.

We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.

Something delightful

It was a feast for the eyes.

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

* Bible, Exodus xiii. 6

The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

* Bible, Luke ii. 41

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

Synonyms

* banquet

Derived terms

* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) feesten, festen, from (etyl) fester, from , from the noun. See above.

Verb

(en verb)

To partake in a , or large meal.

I feasted on turkey and dumplings.

To dwell upon (something) with delight.

* Shakespeare

With my love's picture then my eye doth feast .

To hold a in honor of (someone).

We feasted them after the victory.

To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.

* Bishop Joseph Hall

Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.

Derived terms

* feaster * feast one’s eyes

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