different between eating vs snarfle

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?it??/, [?i???]
• Hyphenation: eat?ing

Etymology 1

Verb

eating

1. present participle of eat

Adjective

eating (not comparable)

1. Bred to be eaten.

2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

Derived terms

• eating apple

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)

1. The act of ingesting food.
2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.

3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

Synonyms

• (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• giante, ingate, tagine, tangie, teaing

English

Verb

snarfle (third-person singular simple present snarfles, present participle snarfling, simple past and past participle snarfled)

1. to make the noise of an animal (such as a pig) eating
2. to eat greedily

Quotations

• 2004 Brigit Legere Binns - The Low-carb Gourmet: Recipes for the New Lifestyle - Page 4

  Wiggy, my Staffordshire terrier, loved to snarfle and root around on that hillside, and she always brought in the wonderful perfume, like a cloud of scent . . .

• 2007 Alan Farrell - High Cheekbones, Pouty Lips, Tight Jeans Page 246

  . . . while we snarfle down popcorn at the Cineplex.

Anagrams

• Fansler