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down vs eat up

eat up vs down

down is a noun but eat up is not a noun.

down is an adjective but eat up is not an adjective.

down and eat up both are verbs.

down is an adverb but eat up is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
down Yes Yes Yes Yes
eat up No No Yes No
As verbs, eat up is a hypernym of down; that is, eat up is a word with a broader meaning than down:
  • down: eat up completely, as with great appetite
  • eat up: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
Other hypernyms of down include finish, polish off.
down (noun) eat up (noun)
(American football) a complete play to advance the football
soft fine feathers
fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
down (adjective) eat up (adjective)
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
filled with melancholy and despondency
extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
becoming progressively lower
not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
lower than previously
shut
being put out in a game of baseball
understood perfectly
down (verb) eat up (verb)
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
bring down or defeat (an opponent) use up (resources or materials)
drink down entirely enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
eat up completely, as with great appetite
cause to come or go down
shoot at and force to come down
down (adverb) eat up (adverb)
spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
away from a more central or a more northerly place
paid in cash at time of purchase
in an inactive or inoperative state
to a lower intensity
from an earlier time
Difference between down and eat up

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