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food vs nourishment

nourishment vs food

food and nourishment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
food Yes No No No
nourishment Yes No No No
As nouns, nourishment is a hyponym of food; that is, nourishment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than food:
  • food: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
  • nourishment: a source of materials to nourish the body
Other hyponyms of food include vitellus, yolk, comfort food, comestible, eatable, edible, pabulum, victual, victuals, fare, food product, foodstuff, aliment, alimentation, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals, commissariat, provender, provisions, viands, victuals, feed, provender, manna, manna from heaven, miraculous food, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable, water, soul food, micronutrient, chyme, culture medium, medium.
food (noun) nourishment (noun)
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue the act of nourishing
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking a source of materials to nourish the body
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
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