Belly and Hunger

Belly

Belly noun - A need or desire for food.
Usage example: his one concern in life seemed to be for his belly

Hunger and belly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hunger" instead a noun "Belly".

Nearby Words: bellied, bellyful, bellying, belled

Hunger

Hunger noun - A need or desire for food.
Usage example: no degree of hunger would induce me to eat octopus

Belly and hunger are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Belly" instead a noun "Hunger".

Nearby Words: hungry, hungered, hungering

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

burning burning belly burning hunger
endless endless belly endless hunger
perpetual perpetual belly perpetual hunger
massive massive belly massive hunger
Other adjectives: enormous, black, growing, literal.

Both words in one sentence

  • Obfuscating Insanity Diogenes: If only I could satisfy my hunger by rubbing my belly.
  • Webcomic / White Noise Establishing Character Moment: Anna doing her belly dance for the sake of making Wren blush, and then offering him a food bar when she notices his hunger, establishing her as The Tease and a Nice Girl.
  • In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, you could completely ignore the "hunger" mechanic in late post-credits quests: only the team leader would ever get hungry, and you could switch out the leader with a teammate anytime you wanted, resetting your belly to 100.
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