What is the difference between meatatarian and vegetarian?
meatatarian | vegetarian |
(en noun)
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, animal products.
* 1897 , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language , volume 4, page 5045:
* 1897 , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language , volume 4, page 5045:
An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
* 2008 , Wil Forbis, Acid Logic: A Decade of Humorous Writing on Pop Culture, Trash Cinema, and Rebel Music , p. 208:
(of a person) That does not eat meat.
Vegetarian is a coordinate term of meatatarian.
Vegetarian is a antonym of meatatarian.
As nouns the difference between meatatarian and vegetarian
is that meatatarian is a person who exclusively or predominantly eats meat while vegetarian is a person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, animal products.As an adjective vegetarian is
of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).meatatarian
English
(wikipedia meatatarian)Usage notes
Often used popularly or humorously, particularly in opposition to (vegetarianism). In formal usage meatarian is more often used.Synonyms
* carnivore * meatarianAntonyms
* vegetarianSee also
* ("meatatarian" on Wikipedia) * -arian * -tarianvegetarian
English
(vegetarianism)Noun
- Vegetarian Society formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl, as food.
- vegetarian [...] One who abstains from animal food, living exclusively on vegetables, milk, eggs, and the like. The more strict vegetarians eat vegetables and farinaceous food only, abstaining from eggs, butter, milk, and in some cases, honey.
Synonyms
* (animal that eats only plants) herbivore (standard term)Coordinate terms
* (animal that also eats meat) omnivore * (animal that only eats meat) carnivore * (person that only eats meat) meatarian, meatatarianHyponyms
* (person who does not eat animals) vegan; lactovegetarian, lactarian; lacto-ovo-vegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarianAdjective
(en adjective)- Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire.
