Difference between Eat and Feed

What is the difference between Eat and Feed?

Eat as a verb is to consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it. while Feed as a verb is to give food to eat, nurture

Eat

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it. To consume a meal. To be eaten. To destroy, consume, or use up To cause (someone) to worry. To take the loss in a transaction. To corrode or erode. To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object. To consume money or (other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment. To perform oral sex on someone.

Example sentence: You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.

Feed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to give food to eat, nurtureto eat (usually of animals)To give to a machine to be processed.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.Something supplied continuously; as, a satellite feed.A gathering to eat, especially in quantityEncapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that you can subscribe to with a feed reader.

Example sentence: Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to inner love; it will transform you, it will divinise you, it will immortalise you.

We hope you now know whether to use Eat or Feed in your sentence.

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