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Interested vs Foodist - What's the difference?

interested | foodist |

As an adjective interested

is having or showing interest.

As a verb interested

is past tense of interest.

As a noun foodist is

a person who is very interested in food; a foodie.

interested

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having or showing interest.
    • I'm very interested in going to see that play.
  • Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
    • they impressed my youthful mind with a sincere aversion to the northern inhabitants of Britain, as a people bloodthirsty in time of war, treacherous during truce, interested , selfish, avaricious, and tricky in the business of peaceful life, and having few good qualities [...].
  • Owning a share of a company.

    • See also

    * disinterested * uninterested

    Verb

    (head)
  • (interest)

    • foodist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is very interested in food; a foodie.
  • * 2010 , Tony Naylor, Should we all be shopping at Waitrose?'' (in ''The Guardian online: [http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jul/14/should-we-all-shop-waitrose])
    • But questions remain. Is Waitrose prohibitively expensive? If it costs more, is it worth it? Is it, genuinely, the foodist' s supermarket?
  • A person who is interested in foodism.
  • A person who discriminates against other people because of the food they eat.