Glutinous vs. Glutton — What's the Difference?

Like glue in texture; sticky

An excessively greedy eater.

Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky.

Old-fashioned term for wolverine

Glue-like, sticky, viscid.

A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink.

Of the nature of gluten.

A person with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something

Containing gluten.

See wolverine.

Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.

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

Having the properties of glue

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

The wolverine, Gulo gulo.

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

(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

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

Fig.: One who gluts himself.

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.

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

To glut; to eat voraciously.

A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

Wolverine of northern Eurasia