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enjoy vs devour

devour vs enjoy

enjoy and devour both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
enjoy No No Yes No
devour No No Yes No
As verbs, devour is a hyponym of enjoy; that is, devour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than enjoy:
  • enjoy: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
  • devour: enjoy avidly
Other hyponyms of enjoy include feast one's eyes.
enjoy (verb) devour (verb)
take delight in eat greedily
have benefit from eat up completely, as with great appetite
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in to consume
get pleasure from enjoy avidly
have for one's benefit
Difference between enjoy and devour

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