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Maneater vs Maneating - What's the difference?

maneater | maneating | Derived terms |

Maneater is a derived term of maneating.


As nouns the difference between maneater and maneating

is that maneater is while maneating is the consumption of human flesh by animals.

As an adjective maneating is

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maneater

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    maneating

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • * 1907 , Fur-fish-game , Volumes 5-6, page 129
    • Well known maneating tigers were killed in several districts.
  • * 1959 , John Taylor, Maneaters and marauders , snippet
    • A big maneating croc had appeared in the lagoon of Lifumba
  • * 1998 , Stephen P Fishelman, The Measure of Man , page 84
    • They reflect what we are, maneating' gods the gods of ' maneating men, beautiful Olympians the gods of the first humanists.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The consumption of human flesh by animals
  • * 1993 , Arjan Singh, The legend of the maneater , page 83
    • Corbett described maneating as the compulsive seeking of human flesh by carnivores
  • * 2002 , Hans Kruuk, Hunter and hunted: relationships between carnivores and people , page 75
    • In general, maneating is only an infinitesimally small factor of mortality amongst people.

    Derived terms

    *maneater