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Hanger vs Hungry - What's the difference?

hanger | hungry |

As a verb hanger

is to eat.

As an adjective hungry is

affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.

hanger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
  • That by which a thing is suspended. Especially:
  • # A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
  • # (machines) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs.
  • # A bridle iron
  • # A clothes hanger
  • That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
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  • (UK) A steep, wooded declivity.
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  • Usage notes

    Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).

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    hungry

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
  • My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money .
  • (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
  • * Charles Kingsley
  • The cruel, hungry foam.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
  • Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
  • a hungry soil
  • * Shakespeare
  • The hungry beach.

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