bite vs meal

bite and meal both are nouns.

bite is a verb but meal is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bite	Yes	No	Yes	No
meal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, meal is a hypernym of bite; that is, meal is a word with a broader meaning than bite:

bite: a light informal meal
meal: the food served and eaten at one time

Other hypernyms of bite include repast.

bite (noun)	meal (noun)
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws	the food served and eaten at one time
a portion removed from the whole	coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
a strong odor or taste property	any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
wit having a sharp and caustic quality
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait
a light informal meal
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

bite (verb)	meal (verb)
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
penetrate or cut, as with a knife
deliver a sting to
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Difference between bite and meal

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