Vegetarian vs Veg - What's the difference?
vegetarian | veg |
(en noun)
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, animal products.
* 1897 , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language , volume 4, page 5045:
* 1897 , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language , volume 4, page 5045:
An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.
Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
* 2008 , Wil Forbis, Acid Logic: A Decade of Humorous Writing on Pop Culture, Trash Cinema, and Rebel Music , p. 208:
(of a person) That does not eat meat.
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(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,
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(colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest
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(psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.
As nouns the difference between vegetarian and veg
is that vegetarian is a person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, animal products while veg is (colloquial) vegetable or veg can be (psychology) a unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.As adjectives the difference between vegetarian and veg
is that vegetarian is of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses) while veg is vegetarian.As a verb veg is
(colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest.vegetarian
English
(vegetarianism)Noun
- Vegetarian Society formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl, as food.
- vegetarian [...] One who abstains from animal food, living exclusively on vegetables, milk, eggs, and the like. The more strict vegetarians eat vegetables and farinaceous food only, abstaining from eggs, butter, milk, and in some cases, honey.
Synonyms
* (animal that eats only plants) herbivore (standard term)Coordinate terms
* (animal that also eats meat) omnivore * (animal that only eats meat) carnivore * (person that only eats meat) meatarian, meatatarianHyponyms
* (person who does not eat animals) vegan; lactovegetarian, lactarian; lacto-ovo-vegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarianAdjective
(en adjective)- Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire.
Derived terms
* vegetarianismSee also
* fruitarian * vagitarian * nutarian * pescetarian * vegan ----veg
English
Etymology 1
Shortened form of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.Adjective
(-)- The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.
Noun
(en-noun)- Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs , oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes,
- 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
* veggieDerived terms
* meat and two vegVerb
(en-verb)- After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
- 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