different between omnivorous vs avid

English

Etymology

From omni- +? -vorous; from the Latin omni, all and -vore.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: om?niv?o?rous

Adjective

omnivorous (not comparable)

1. Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.
2. (figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects.
   • 1968, Robert Ligon Harrison, Samuel Beckett's Murphy; a critical excursion (page 57)

     The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.

   • 2003, Simon Winchester, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press. p.72:

     He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]

3. (figuratively) All-consuming.

Derived terms

• omnivorousness

Related terms

• omnivore, carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous

Translations

English

Etymology

From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from ave? (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æv?d/, /æv?d/

Adjective

avid (comparative more avid or (less commonly) avider, superlative most avid or (less commonly) avidest)

1. enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

Derived terms

• avidly
• avidity
• avidness

Translations

Anagrams

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, diva

Romanian

Etymology

From French avide, Latin avidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.vid]

Adjective

avid m or n (feminine singular avid?, masculine plural avizi, feminine and neuter plural avide)

1. avid, eager, desirous
2. greedy, grasping

Declension

Related terms

• aviditate