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Gnaw vs Slurp - What's the difference?

gnaw | slurp |

As verbs the difference between gnaw and slurp

is that gnaw is to bite something persistently, especially something tough while slurp is to eat or drink noisily.

As a noun slurp is

a loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking.

gnaw

English

Verb

  • To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
    • The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
  • To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
    • Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
  • To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

    • Derived terms

    * gnawer * gnawable

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    slurp

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To eat or drink noisily.
    • They sat in the kitchen slurping their spaghetti.
  • To make a loud sucking noise.
    • The mud slurped under our shoes.

    Derived terms

    * slurpy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking
  • A mouthful of liquid

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