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Gluttony vs Famine - What's the difference?

gluttony | famine |

As nouns the difference between gluttony and famine

is that gluttony is the vice of eating to excess while famine is extreme shortage of food in a region.

As a proper noun Famine is

the personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.

gluttony

English

Noun

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  • 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

    famine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia famine)
  • (uncountable) extreme shortage of food in a region
  • * 1971 , Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation
    • Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.
  • (countable) a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
  • * 1986 , United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
    • The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....