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indulge vs eat up

eat up vs indulge

indulge and eat up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
indulge No No Yes No
eat up No No Yes No
As verbs, eat up is a hypernym of indulge; that is, eat up is a word with a broader meaning than indulge:
  • indulge: enjoy to excess
  • eat up: use up (resources or materials)
Other hypernyms of indulge include consume, deplete, eat, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out.
indulge (verb) eat up (verb)
yield (to); give satisfaction to finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
enjoy to excess use up (resources or materials)
treat with excessive indulgence enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
give free rein to
Difference between indulge and eat up

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