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eat up vs put away

put away vs eat up

eat up and put away both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
eat up No No Yes No
put away No No Yes No
As verbs, put away is a hyponym of eat up; that is, put away is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than eat up:
  • eat up: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
  • put away: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
Other hyponyms of eat up include tuck away, tuck in, consume, demolish, devour, down, go through.
eat up (verb) put away (verb)
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
use up (resources or materials) eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing kill gently, as with an injection
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
stop using
throw or cast away
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Difference between eat up and put away

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