Hunger
Hunger verb - Be hungry; go without food.
Starve
Starve verb - Be hungry; go without food.
Usage example: Let's eat--I'm starving!
Both words in one sentence
- Wizard Needs Food Badly: If you don't eat, you'll eventually starve to death after growing progressively weaker from hunger.
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Sit on a hoard of food while other starve around you and feel the pain of their hunger.
Source: Creator / Damon Knight - Let them go hungry too long, and they'll starve to death (if they don't get killed by someone else after going berserk, as extreme hunger creates highly negative thoughts).
Source: Video Game / RimWorld
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