Gnaw vs Ruminate - What's the difference?
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To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
To meditate or reflect.
To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
In transitive terms the difference between gnaw and ruminate
is that gnaw is to bite something persistently, especially something tough while ruminate is to meditate or ponder over; to muse on.In intransitive terms the difference between gnaw and ruminate
is that gnaw is to produce excessive anxiety or worry while ruminate is to meditate or reflect.As an adjective ruminate is
having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.gnaw
English
Verb
- The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
- Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
Derived terms
* gnawer * gnawableAnagrams
*ruminate
English
Verb
(ruminat)- A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
- I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
- What I know / Is ruminated , plotted, and set down.
- Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
Synonyms
* See also * OrDerived terms
* ruminatorSee also
* chew the cudAdjective
(-)- a ruminate endosperm