diet vs vitamin-deficiency diet

vitamin-deficiency diet vs diet

diet and vitamin-deficiency diet both are nouns.

diet is a verb but vitamin-deficiency diet is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diet	Yes	No	Yes	No
vitamin-deficiency diet	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vitamin-deficiency diet is a hyponym of diet; that is, vitamin-deficiency diet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than diet:

diet: a prescribed selection of foods
vitamin-deficiency diet: a diet designed to patients with vitamin deficiencies

Other hyponyms of diet include allergy diet, balanced diet, bland diet, ulcer diet, diabetic diet, dietary supplement, carbo loading, carbohydrate loading, gluten-free diet, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, light diet, liquid diet, low-fat diet, low-salt diet, low-sodium diet, salt-free diet, obesity diet, reducing diet, pap, soft diet, spoon food, vegetarianism, flexitarianism, semi-vegetarianism.

diet (noun)	vitamin-deficiency diet (noun)
the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)	a diet designed to patients with vitamin deficiencies
a prescribed selection of foods
the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)

diet (verb)	vitamin-deficiency diet (verb)
eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons

Difference between diet and vitamin-deficiency diet

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