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fodder vs pasturage

pasturage vs fodder

fodder and pasturage both are nouns.

fodder is a verb but pasturage is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fodder Yes No Yes No
pasturage Yes No No No
As nouns, pasturage is a hyponym of fodder; that is, pasturage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fodder:
  • fodder: coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
  • pasturage: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
Other hyponyms of fodder include eatage, forage, grass, pasture, alfalfa, broad bean, horse bean, hay, stover.
fodder (noun) pasturage (noun)
coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland
fodder (verb) pasturage (verb)
give fodder (to domesticated animals)
Difference between fodder and pasturage

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