spare vs eat up

eat up vs spare

spare is a noun but eat up is not a noun.

spare is an adjective but eat up is not an adjective.

spare and eat up both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spare	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
eat up	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, eat up is a hypernym of spare; that is, eat up is a word with a broader meaning than spare:

spare: use frugally or carefully
eat up: use up (resources or materials)

Other hypernyms of spare include consume, deplete, eat, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out.

spare (noun)	eat up (noun)
a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

spare (adjective)	eat up (adjective)
lacking in magnitude or quantity
thin and fit
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
not taken up by scheduled activities
more than is needed, desired, or required
kept in reserve especially for emergency use

spare (verb)	eat up (verb)
use frugally or carefully	finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
give up what is not strictly needed	use up (resources or materials)
refrain from harming	enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
save or relieve from an experience or action

Difference between spare and eat up

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