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buy the farm vs starve

starve vs buy the farm

buy the farm and starve both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
buy the farm No No Yes No
starve No No Yes No
As verbs, starve is a hyponym of buy the farm; that is, starve is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than buy the farm:
  • buy the farm: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • starve: die of food deprivation
Other hyponyms of buy the farm include abort, asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, fall, succumb, yield.
buy the farm (verb) starve (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life be hungry; go without food
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
die of food deprivation
deprive of food
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
Difference between buy the farm and starve

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