foodstuff vs fiber

fiber vs foodstuff

foodstuff and fiber both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foodstuff	Yes	No	No	No
fiber	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fiber is a hyponym of foodstuff; that is, fiber is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foodstuff:

foodstuff: a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
fiber: coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Other hyponyms of foodstuff include starches, breadstuff, coloring, colouring, food color, food coloring, food colour, food colouring, concentrate, meal, fibre, roughage, flour, frozen food, frozen foods, canned food, canned foods, canned goods, tinned goods, dehydrated food, dehydrated foods, carob, carob powder, Saint-John's-bread, tapioca, cocoa, cereal, food grain, grain, fixings, ingredient, egg, eggs, dairy product, milk, curd, concoction, intermixture, mixture, juice, perishable, spoilable, macerate.

foodstuff (noun)	fiber (noun)
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer	a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food	the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
	any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
	coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
	a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

Difference between foodstuff and fiber

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