Difference between feed and scavenge
Definitions
verb
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- introduce continuously
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- give food to
- move along, of liquids
noun
- food for domestic livestock
Examples
A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view.
After feeding, caterpillars pupate in a chrysalis, then transform into beautiful butterflies.
They also feed visually by capturing prey from the surface of mud or water, by plunging their heads into water, and by snatching insects from the air.
Definitions
verb
- feed on carrion or refuse
- remove unwanted substances from
- collect discarded material
- clean refuse from
Examples
The fact that many crustaceans, being omnivorous, may act as scavengers and eat the corpses of fellow aquatic creatures need not be a deterrent.
A related species, the burrowing bettong, will scavenge sheep carcasses.
All that is left is a grim arena where matter is collected by scavengers and transformed into useful merchandise.
