Nourishment vs. Food — What's the Difference?

The act of nourishing.

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant, animal or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals.

The state of being nourished.

Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth

Something that nourishes; food.

Material, especially carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, that an organism uses for energy, growth, and maintaining the processes of life. Plants, algae, and some bacteria make their own food through photosynthesis, while animals and most other organisms obtain food by consuming other organisms or organic matter.

The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished

A specified kind of nourishment

Something that nourishes; food

Nourishment eaten in solid form

The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment

That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.

(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

A source of materials to nourish the body

(countable) A foodstuff.

The act of nourishing;

Anything that nourishes or sustains.

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.

Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.

To supply with food.

Any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue

Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment;

Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking