Diet
Diet noun - The usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal).
Eating
Eating noun - The act of consuming food.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Panda is later caught cheating on his diet and eating chocolate cake when his diet clearly called for him to eat nothing but bamboo.
- Grizzly loves his new diet at first, but when he realizes that he must stick to the new diet without eating human foods during the requested time he starts losing his cool.
Source: Stock Animal Diet - At the end of the episode, Shrek loses weight from diet and exercise, but instantly gains it back when he starts eating cheesecake again.
Source: Diet Episode
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