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kick the bucket vs starve

starve vs kick the bucket

kick the bucket and starve both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kick the bucket No No Yes No
starve No No Yes No
As verbs, starve is a hyponym of kick the bucket; that is, starve is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kick the bucket:
  • kick the bucket: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • starve: die of food deprivation
Other hyponyms of kick the bucket include abort, asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, famish, fall, succumb, yield.
kick the bucket (verb) starve (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life be hungry; go without food
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
die of food deprivation
deprive of food
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
Difference between kick the bucket and starve

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