Gluten vs. Glutton

Glutennoun

(obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").

Gluttonadjective

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Glutennoun

(rare) Any gluey, sticky substance.

Gluttonnoun

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

‘Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts.’;

Glutennoun

The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.

Gluttonnoun

(figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess

Glutennoun

(geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.

Gluttonnoun

The wolverine, Gulo gulo, of the family Mustelidae, a carnivorous mammal about the size of a large badger, native to the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Glutennoun

The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

Gluttonverb

(archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.

Glutennoun

a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough

Gluttonverb

(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

Gluten

Gluten is a group of seed storage proteins found in certain cereal grains. Although, strictly speaking, pertains only to wheat proteins, in the medical literature it refers to the combination of prolamin and glutelin proteins naturally occurring in all grains that have been demonstrated capable of triggering celiac disease.

‘gluten’;

Gluttonnoun

One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

Gluttonnoun

Fig.: One who gluts himself.

‘Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.’;

Gluttonnoun

A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Gluttonadjective

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

‘A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.’;

Gluttonverb

To glut; to eat voraciously.

‘Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.’; ‘Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.’;

Gluttonnoun

a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

Gluttonnoun

wolverine of northern Eurasia

Gluttonnoun

an excessively greedy eater.

Gluttonnoun

a person who is excessively fond of something

‘he's a glutton for adventure’;

Gluttonnoun

old-fashioned term for wolverine