Omnivorous vs Finicky - What's the difference?
omnivorous | finicky |
Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous.
(figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects.
:* He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]
(informal) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
(informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care.
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
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(-)- 2003 Winchester, Simon , The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary , New York: Oxford University Press. p72:
Derived terms
* omnivorousnessfinicky
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Adjective
(en-adj)- ''The baby was finicky until her diaper was changed.
- The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.