Hungry vs. Starving — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hungry and Starving
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Hungry
Feeling or showing the need for food
I was feeling ravenously hungry
Starving
To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food.
Hungry
Experiencing a desire or need for food.
Starving
(Informal) To be hungry.
Hungry
Extremely desirous; avid
Hungry for recognition.
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Starving
To suffer from deprivation
A puppy starving for attention.
Hungry
Characterized by or expressing hunger or craving
Hungry eyes.
Starving
(Archaic) To suffer or die from cold.
Hungry
Lacking richness or fertility
Hungry soil.
Starving
To cause to starve.
Hungry
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
My kids go to bed hungry every night because I haven’t got much money for food.
I woke up very hungry and made some toast.
Starving
To force to a specified state by starving
Starved the town into submission.
Hungry
Causing hunger.
All this gardening is hungry work.
Starving
Present participle of starve
Hungry
(figuratively) Eager, having an avid desire (‘appetite’) for something.
The students are hungry to learn
Young and hungry
Starving
Starvation
Hungry
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.
A hungry soil
Starving
The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine;
The beseigers used starvation to induce surrender
They were charged with the starvation of children in their care
Hungry
Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
Starving
Suffering from lack of food
Hungry
Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious.
The cruel, hungry foam.
Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
Hungry
Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil.
Hungry
Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food;
A world full of hungry people
Hungry
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous;
Athirst for knowledge
Hungry for recognition
Thirsty for informaton
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