obesity vs fat
fat vs obesityobesity and fat both are nouns.
obesity is not an adjective while fat is an adjective.
obesity is not a verb while fat is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| obesity | Yes | No | No | No |
| fat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
fat is a hypernym of
obesity; that is, fat is a
word with a broader meaning than obesity:
- obesity: more than average fatness
- fat: excess bodily weight
| obesity (noun) | fat (noun) |
|---|---|
| more than average fatness | excess bodily weight |
| a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs | |
| a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) |
| obesity (adjective) | fat (adjective) |
|---|---|
| having an (over)abundance of flesh | |
| containing or composed of fat | |
| marked by great fruitfulness | |
| lucrative | |
| having a relatively large diameter |
| obesity (verb) | fat (verb) |
|---|---|
| make fat or plump |
Words related to "obesity"
Words related to "fat"
- abdominous
- abdominousness
- acylglycerol
- adipose
- adipose cell
- adipose tissue
- adiposeness
- adiposity
- alter
- animal fat
- animal tissue
- atheroma
- avoirdupois
- belly
- blubber
- blubbery
- bodily property
- body weight
- buttery
- buxom
- cellulite
- change
- chubby
- cocoa butter
- colloquialism
- corpulency
- corpulent
- depreciation
- derogation
- disparagement
- double-chinned
- dumpy
- edible fat
- embonpoint
- endomorphic
- fat cell
- fatness
- fatten
- fatten out
- fatten up
- fattiness
- fattish
- fatty
- fatty tissue
- feed
- fertile
- fill out
- flab
- flesh out
- fleshiness
- fleshy
- fruitful
- give
- glyceride
- greasiness
- greasy
- gross
- heavy
- jowly
- juicy
- leaf fat
- leaf lard
- lipid
- lipide
- lipoid
- loose-jowled
- love handle
- medulla
- modify
- mons
- mons pubis
- mons veneris
- myelin
- myeline
- obese
- obesity
- oiliness
- oily
- oleaginous
- oleaginousness
- overweight
- paunch
- paunchiness
- paunchy
- plump
- plump out
- podgy
- polyunsaturated fat
- porcine
- portly
- potbellied
- productive
- profitable
- pudgy
- puppy fat
- pyknic
- rich
- roly-poly
- rotund
- rounded
- sebaceous
- spare tire
- steatopygia
- stout
- suety
- superfatted
- thick
- thin
- triglyceride
- tubby
- weighty
- zaftig
- zoftig
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