eat vs peck

eat is not a noun while peck is a noun.

eat and peck both are verbs.

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

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

eat: take in solid food
peck: eat like a bird

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

eat (noun)	peck (noun)
	a light kiss
	bite by a bird
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
	a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons

eat (verb)	peck (verb)
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid	bother persistently with trivial complaints
take in solid food	eat by pecking at, like a bird
eat a meal; take a meal	eat like a bird
take in food; used of animals only	kiss lightly
use up (resources or materials)	hit lightly with a picking motion
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

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