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Gluttony vs Cannibalism - What's the difference?

gluttony | cannibalism |

As nouns the difference between gluttony and cannibalism

is that gluttony is the vice of eating to excess while cannibalism is the act of eating another of one's own species.

gluttony

English

Noun

(-)
  • The vice of eating to excess.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= 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.

    Related terms

    * glut * glutton * gluttonous * gluttonry

    See also

    * alimentiveness

    cannibalism

    English

    (wikipedia cannibalism)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of eating another of one's own species.
  • In speech, the occurrence of one word "eating" part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".

    • Related terms

    * cannibal * cannibalistic * autocannibalism

    See also

    * Kuru * prion * Mad Cow Disease English words suffixed with -ism