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Glutton vs Gluten - What's the difference?

glutton | gluten |

In obsolete terms the difference between glutton and gluten

is that glutton is to glut; to eat voraciously while gluten is fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").

As nouns the difference between glutton and gluten

is that glutton is one who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer while gluten is fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").

As an adjective glutton

is gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

As a verb glutton

is to glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.

glutton

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Fuller):
    • A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
  • * 1597 , i 3 :
    • So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
    Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
    • Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
  • (figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
  • * 1705 , George Granville, The British Enchanters :
    • "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
  • * :
    • Hope is a subtle Glutton / He feeds upon the Fair
  • * 1878 , :
    • "A good few indeed, my man," replied the captain. "Yes, you may make away with a deal of money and be neither drunkard nor glutton ."
  • The wolverine, Gulo gulo , of the family Mustelidae, a carnivorous mammal about the size of a large badger, native to the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

    • Synonyms

    * (voracious eater) see

    See also

    * glutton for punishment

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
  • *(and other bibliographic detailes), (Lovelace)
    • Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
  • * 1915 , Journeyman Barber, Hairdresser, Cosmetologist and Proprietor :
    • In some cities their [local branches] have become gluttoned with success, and in their misguided overzealous ambition they are 'killing the goose that lays the golden egg.'
  • (obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.
  • * (and other bibliographic detailes), (Drayton)
    • Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
  • * 1598 —
    • Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.

    Related terms

    * gluttonous * gluttonously * gluttony

    References

    Mustelids

    gluten

    English

    (wikipedia gluten)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147:
    • The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […].
  • The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Cloake, Word of Mouth Blog, The Guardian , 10 Jun 2010:
    • Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results [...].
  • (rare, geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 669:
    • Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten , the Yankees kept moving.

    Derived terms

    * gluten bread * gluten casein * gluten fibrin * gluten-free * glutinous

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