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comfort food vs food

food vs comfort food

comfort food and food both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
comfort food Yes No No No
food Yes No No No
As nouns, food is a hypernym of comfort food; that is, food is a word with a broader meaning than comfort food:
  • comfort food: food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking
  • food: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
Other hypernyms of comfort food include nutrient.
comfort food (noun) food (noun)
food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
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