famish vs conk
conk vs famishfamish is not a noun while conk is a noun.
famish and conk both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| famish | No | No | Yes | No |
| conk | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
conk is a hypernym of
famish; that is, conk is a
word with a broader meaning than famish:
- famish: die of food deprivation
- conk: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Other hypernyms of famish include
buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.
| famish (noun) | conk (noun) |
|---|---|
| informal term for the nose |
| famish (verb) | conk (verb) |
|---|---|
| be hungry; go without food | pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain |
| die of food deprivation | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
| deprive of food | hit, especially on the head |
| come to a stop |
Words related to "famish"
Words related to "conk"
- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- abort
- asphyxiate
- black out
- break
- break down
- buy it
- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- change state
- choke
- conk out
- croak
- decease
- die
- driving
- drop dead
- drown
- exit
- expire
- fail
- faint
- fall
- famish
- give out
- give way
- give-up the ghost
- go
- go bad
- halt
- hit
- kick the bucket
- kill
- leave
- leave behind
- nose
- olfactory organ
- pass
- pass away
- pass out
- perish
- pip out
- pop off
- predecease
- snuff it
- stall
- starve
- stifle
- stop
- succumb
- suffocate
- swoon
- turn
- yield
- zonk out
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