eat vs finish

eat is not a noun while finish is a noun.

eat and finish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
eat	No	No	Yes	No
finish	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, finish is a hyponym of eat; that is, finish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than eat:

eat: take in solid food
finish: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

Other hyponyms of eat include wash down, fress, gluttonise, gluttonize, wolf, wolf down, slurp, fare, peck, peck at, pick at, peck, pick up, bolt, gobble, bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, nibble, pick, piece, ruminate, devour, guttle, pig, raven, eat up, polish off, fill, fill up.

eat (noun)	finish (noun)
	the act of finishing
	a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
	(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
	designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
	the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
	event whose occurrence ends something
	the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
	a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
	the temporal end; the concluding time

eat (verb)	finish (verb)
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid	finally be or do something
take in solid food	come or bring to a finish or an end
eat a meal; take a meal	cause to finish a relationship with somebody
take in food; used of animals only	finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
use up (resources or materials)	provide with a finish
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

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