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Munch vs Gnaw - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between munch and gnaw

is that munch is to chew with a grinding, crunching sound—often used with on while gnaw is to bite something persistently, especially something tough.

As a noun munch

is a location or restaurant where good eating can be expected.

munch

English

Verb

(es)
  • To chew with a grinding, crunching sound—often used with on .
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 17, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
  • , title= TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992) , passage=At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”}}
  • To eat vigorously or with excitement.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}

    Noun

    (es)
  • A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected.
  • * Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!
  • An act of eating.
  • We had a good munch at the chippy.
  • (uncountable, slang) food.
  • (BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant. See .
  • * 1996 , "peh^ - the prat with the hat", What is a "Munch"?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.femdom )
  • And thanks to the stunning paxie for getting it all together and creating the best munch ever in the history of munches. :)
  • * 2000 , "Anton", BDSM parties and munches'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sadistic )
  • does anyone know any BDSM parties and munches , in greece???

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    gnaw

    English

    Verb

  • To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
  • The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
  • To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
  • Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
  • To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
  • Derived terms

    * gnawer * gnawable

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