Difference between Hunger and Hungriness

What is the difference between Hunger and Hungriness?

Hunger as a noun is a need or compelling desire of food. while Hungriness as a noun is the characteristic of being hungry; hunger.

Hunger

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A need or compelling desire of food. Any strong desire.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be in need of food. To have a desire for.

Example sentence: Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

Hungriness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The characteristic of being hungry; hunger.

We hope you now know whether to use Hunger or Hungriness in your sentence.

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