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Omnivorous vs Finicky - What's the difference?

omnivorous | finicky |

As adjectives the difference between omnivorous and finicky

is that omnivorous is having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous while finicky is fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.

omnivorous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous.
  • (figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects.
    • 2003 Winchester, Simon , The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary , New York: Oxford University Press. p72:
  • :* He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]

    • Derived terms

    * omnivorousness

    Related terms

    * omnivore, carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous

    finicky

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (informal) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
    • ''The baby was finicky until her diaper was changed.
  • (informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care.
    • The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.

    Usage notes

    * The forms (finickier) and (finickiest) also exist, but are quite rare, and perhaps nonstandard. The forms (term) and (term) are much more common, and certainly standard.

    Synonyms

    * fastidious, fussy * See

    Derived terms

    * finickiness * finickity