Difference between eat and proved

eat

Definitions

verb

  1. eat a meal; take a meal
  2. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
  3. take in food; used of animals only
  4. take in solid food
  5. worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
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Examples

Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living.

Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour".

If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.

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proved

Definitions

adjective

  1. established beyond doubt

Examples

Rob's strengths lay in absorbing the pressure and criticism, and in doing this well he more than proved himself courageous, gutsy and tough.

So this show proved to be a bit of a departure.

The promise of tax cuts proved, as always, to be the Republican Party's trump card.

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