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Foodstuff vs Subsistence - What's the difference?

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Foodstuff is a related term of subsistence.


As nouns the difference between foodstuff and subsistence

is that foodstuff is an instance of material which may be used as food while subsistence is real being; existence.

foodstuff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of material which may be used as food.

    • subsistence

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Real being; existence.
  • Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
  • Means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; That which furnishes support to animal life; as, a meager subsistence.
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  • (theology) A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis.

    • Synonyms

    * sustenance * (theology) hypostasis

    Related terms

    * subsist * subsistent

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