Burning and Hunger

Burning

Burning noun - A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.

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

Nearby Words: burn, burned, burnt, burnout, burner

Hunger

Hunger noun - A need or desire for food.

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

Nearby Words: hungry, hungered, hungering

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Stargate Atlantis At first, they seem worse than the Goa'uld, but then you find out that the only thing they can feed on is humans, and that the 'hunger' feels like "burning alive" in a starvation state.
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force uses fire footage recorded by the animators on a camping trip whenever burning is represented on screen.
    Source: Stock Footage
  • Eats Babies On the other hand, Tantalus himself was sent directly to Tartarus, where he was punished by being stuck in a pond by a fruit tree and cursed with a burning thirst and raging hunger, but the water and fruit always moved out of reach should he try for them.
    Source: Eats Babies
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