gluttony vs rapacity
rapacity vs gluttonygluttony and rapacity both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gluttony | Yes | No | No | No |
| rapacity | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
rapacity is a hyponym of
gluttony; that is, rapacity is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
gluttony:
- gluttony: habitual eating to excess
- rapacity: extreme gluttony
Other hyponyms of gluttony include
greediness, hoggishness, piggishness, edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity.
| gluttony (noun) | rapacity (noun) |
|---|---|
| eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| habitual eating to excess | extreme gluttony |
| (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. |
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