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Veggie vs Veg - What's the difference?

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Veg is a synonym of veggie.



As nouns the difference between veggie and veg

is that veggie is a vegetable while veg is vegetable.

As adjectives the difference between veggie and veg

is that veggie is vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians while veg is vegetarian.

As a verb veg is

to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest.

veggie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A vegetable.
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  • (informal) A vegetarian.
    • I'm a veggie at heart - the idea of animals dying to make my food, I find totally abhorrent.

    Synonyms

    * (vegetable) veg * (vegetarian) veggo (Australian)

    Adjective

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  • (informal) vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians
    • I don't eat meat - do you have anything veggie on the menu?
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  • Vegetable-like.
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    • Synonyms

    * (vegetarian) veggo (Australian)

    Derived terms

    * veggie burger * veggieburger

    veg

    English

    Etymology 1

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

    Adjective

    (-)
  • vegetarian
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    • 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,
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    • 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.
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    • And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.
    Related terms
    * veg out

    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.

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