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Scavenging vs Foraging - What's the difference?

scavenging | foraging |

As verbs the difference between scavenging and foraging

is that scavenging is present participle of lang=en while foraging is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between scavenging and foraging

is that scavenging is the act of searching through refuse for useful material while foraging is the act of searching for food.

scavenging

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of searching through refuse for useful material.
    • Our scavengings at the rubbish dump often yielded items of value.

    foraging

    English

    (wikipedia foraging)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of searching for food.