Gluttony vs Glutton - What's the difference?
gluttony | glutton |
The vice of eating to excess.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Fuller):
* 1597 , i 3 :
One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
(figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
* 1705 , George Granville, The British Enchanters :
* :
* 1878 , :
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.
(archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
*(and other bibliographic detailes), (Lovelace)
* 1915 , Journeyman Barber, Hairdresser, Cosmetologist and Proprietor :
(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.
* (and other bibliographic detailes), (Drayton)
* 1598 —
Glutton is a related term of gluttony.
As nouns the difference between gluttony and glutton
is that gluttony is the vice of eating to excess while glutton is one who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.As an adjective glutton is
gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.As a verb glutton is
to glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.gluttony
English
Noun
(-)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
See also
* alimentivenessglutton
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
- So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge
Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?
Noun
(en noun)- Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.
- "Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy."
- Hope is a subtle Glutton / He feeds upon the Fair
- "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 ."
Synonyms
* (voracious eater) seeSee also
* glutton for punishmentVerb
(en verb)- Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
- 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.'
- Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
- Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day, / Or gluttoning on all, or all away.