Partake vs Feast - What's the difference?
partake | feast |
(formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
* John Locke
To take a share or portion (of).
(obsolete) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).
* Francis Bacon
A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
Something delightful
A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
* Bible, Exodus xiii. 6
* Bible, Luke ii. 41
To partake in a , or large meal.
To dwell upon (something) with delight.
* Shakespeare
To hold a in honor of (someone).
To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
* Bishop Joseph Hall
In intransitive terms the difference between partake and feast
is that partake is to take a share or portion (of) while feast is to dwell upon (something) with delight.As verbs the difference between partake and feast
is that partake is to take part in an activity; to participate while feast is to partake in a feast, or large meal.As a noun feast is
a very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.partake
English
Verb
- Brutes partake in this faculty.
- Will you partake of some food?
- The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general.
feast
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) feest, feste, fest, from (etyl) feste, from (etyl) festa, plural of .Noun
(en noun)- We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
- It was a feast for the eyes.
- The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
- Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Synonyms
* banquetDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) feesten, festen, from (etyl) fester, from , from the noun. See above.Verb
(en verb)- I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
- With my love's picture then my eye doth feast .
- We feasted them after the victory.
- Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.