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Avid vs Hungering - What's the difference?

avid | hungering | Related terms |

Avid is a related term of hungering.


As an adjective avid

is enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy.

As a verb hungering is

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As a noun hungering is

the condition of one who hungers.

avid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
    • I'm an avid reader.
  • * 1996 , , Oyster , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 3
    • We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

    Derived terms

    * avidly * avidity

    Anagrams

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    hungering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The condition of one who hungers.
  • * John Bunyan
    • He findeth, moreover, revealed in him the Saviour of the world, and the absolute necessity of closing with him for life; at the which he findeth hungerings and thirstings after him; to which hungerings, etc., the promise is made.