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Leftover vs Glut - What's the difference?

leftover | glut |

As nouns the difference between leftover and glut

is that leftover is something left behind; an excess or remainder while glut is heat, glow.

As an adjective leftover

is remaining; left behind; extra; in reserve.

leftover

English

Alternative forms

* left over, left-over

Adjective

(-)
  • Remaining; left behind; extra; in reserve.
    • Do you want some of the leftover supplies from the event?
  • (chiefly, in the plural, usually, of food) Remaining after a meal is complete or eaten for a later meal or snack.
    • I have some leftover spaghetti in the fridge, so I don't plan to cook tonight.
    Not leftovers again.

    Usage notes

    * When used after a verb (as part of a predicate phrase), use two separate words: *: I can walk for miles and still have energy left over.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something left behind; an excess or remainder.
    • It's a leftover from yesterday, but it's still perfectly good.
    The entire wheel of cheese is a leftover from the party.

    glut

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an excess, too much
    • a glut of the market
  • * Macaulay
    • A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 12 , author=Les Roopanarine , title=Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Indeed, it was clear from the outset that anyone hoping for a repeat of last weekend's Premier League goal glut would have to look beyond St Andrew's. }}
  • That which is swallowed.
    • (Milton)
  • Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
  • A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
  • (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
    • (Raymond)
  • (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
    • (Knight)
  • (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
  • A block used for a fulcrum.
  • The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris ), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus

    Antonyms

    * lack * shortage

    Related terms

    * glutton * gluttony

    Verb

  • To fill to capacity, to satisfy all requirement or demand, to sate.
    • to glut one's appetite
  • * Charles Kingsley
    • The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
  • To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
  • * Tennyson
    • Like three horses that have broken fence, / And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn.

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