Devouring vs. Voracious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Devouring and Voracious
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Devouring
To eat up greedily.
Voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
A voracious appetite
Devouring
To destroy, consume, or waste
Flames devoured the structure in minutes.
Voracious
Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
Devouring
To take in eagerly
Devour a novel.
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Voracious
Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit
A voracious reader.
Devouring
To preoccupy or obsess in a harmful way
Was devoured by jealousy.
Voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
Devouring
Present participle of devour
Voracious
Having a great appetite for anything.
A voracious reader
Devouring
The act by which something is devoured.
Voracious
Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
Devouring
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous;
Avid for adventure
An avid ambition to succeed
Fierce devouring affection
The esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
Greedy for fame
Voracious
Excessively greedy and grasping;
A rapacious divorcee on the prowl
Ravening creditors
Paying taxes to voracious governments
Voracious
Devouring or craving food in great quantities;
Edacious vultures
A rapacious appetite
Ravenous as wolves
Voracious sharks
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