edible vs food
food vs edibleedible and food both are nouns.
edible is an adjective but food is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| edible | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| food | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
food is a hypernym of
edible; that is, food is a
word with a broader meaning than edible:
- edible: any substance that can be used as food
- food: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
Other hypernyms of edible include
nutrient.
| edible (noun) | food (noun) |
|---|---|
| any substance that can be used as food | any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
| anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking | |
| any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
| edible (adjective) | food (adjective) |
|---|---|
| suitable for use as food |
Words related to "edible"
Words related to "food"
- aliment
- alimentary paste
- alimentation
- baked goods
- beverage
- breakfast food
- butter
- cheese
- chocolate
- chyme
- coconut
- coconut meat
- cognitive content
- comestible
- comfort food
- commissariat
- content
- convenience food
- culture medium
- dika bread
- drink
- drinkable
- eatable
- edible
- fare
- feed
- fish
- food
- food for thought
- food product
- foodstuff
- fresh food
- fresh foods
- garden truck
- green goods
- green groceries
- health food
- intellectual nourishment
- isaw
- junk food
- leftovers
- loaf
- manna
- manna from heaven
- meat
- medium
- mental object
- micronutrient
- miraculous food
- nourishment
- nutrient
- nutriment
- nutrition
- pabulum
- pasta
- potable
- produce
- provender
- provisions
- seafood
- slop
- solid
- solid food
- soul food
- substance
- superfood
- sustenance
- takoyaki
- viands
- victual
- victuals
- vitellus
- water
- yoghourt
- yoghurt
- yogurt
- yolk
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