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veg | vegan |

As nouns the difference between veg and vegan

is that veg is end while vegan is someone from vega, which is either a.

As an adjective vegan is

relating to.

veg

English

Etymology 1

Shortened form of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.

Adjective

(-)
  • vegetarian
  • * '>citation
  • The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) vegetable.
  • * 2002 , Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=spsQAAAAEBAJ], page 5,
  • Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs , oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes,
  • * '>citation
  • meals of meat and three veg were mostly the same three veg , beans peas potatoes, or peas carrots potatoes.
    Usage notes
    * In colloquial speech this is usually pluralized simply as "veg." * In writing this may or may not be followed by a period to mark it as an abbreviation.
    Synonyms
    * veggie
    Derived terms
    * meat and two veg

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest
  • After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
  • * '>citation
  • And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.

    Etymology 2

    Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(195304)66%3A2%3C304%3AANCTVS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    vegan

    English

    (wikipedia vegan)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to vegans or veganism.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who does not consume, use or eat any animal products; a supporter of veganism
  • Derived terms

    * veganism * veganist

    See also

    * vegetarian * vegetarianism ----