thirsty vs hungry

thirsty

Definitions

adjective

  1. needing moisture
  2. feeling a need or desire to drink
  3. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
  4. able to take in large quantities of moisture

Examples

See, Stuart is like all the rest of the blood thirsty criminals in D.C., … ya seel hundreds of thousands more brown people will be killed because he's arrognt enough, he's evil enough and doggonnit Satan likes him!

As the student's uniforms are traded for spears and war paint, the innocent boys devolve into uncontrolled, bloodthirsty hunters and ultimately, savages intent on killing the "beast".

The car industry in the rustbelt is miserable. Factories making thirsty pickup trucks are cutting back or closing.

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hungry

Definitions

adjective

  1. (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
  2. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

Examples

Combine the corn with steamed green vegetables like asparagus and offer baked potatoes to ensure the children don't go hungry.

I long for the Monday nights before he came along when the second I got hungry I could stand by the kitchen TV watching "The Bachelorette," while whumping down a salade nicoise.

Few and far between were the desperate, overeager chat-up lines of some relationship-hungry singles.

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