feed on vs conform to

feed on and conform to both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feed on	No	No	Yes	No
conform to	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, conform to is a hypernym of feed on; that is, conform to is a word with a broader meaning than feed on:

feed on: be sustained by
conform to: fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction

Other hypernyms of feed on include fill, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy.

feed on (verb)	conform to (verb)
be sustained by	behave in accordance or in agreement with
	fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
	observe