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Starveling vs Hungry - What's the difference?

starveling | hungry |

As a noun starveling

is one who is thin from lack of food.

As an adjective hungry is

affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.

starveling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is thin from lack of food.
  • * 1597 , , Henry IV Part I , act 2, sc. 1:
    • If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows; for if I hang, old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling .

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    hungry

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a physical need for food.
    • My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven't got any money .
  • (figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.
  • * Charles Kingsley
    • The cruel, hungry foam.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
  • Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
    • a hungry soil
  • * Shakespeare
    • The hungry beach.

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    * * 1000 English basic words