Veracious vs. Voracious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Veracious and Voracious
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Definitions
Veracious
Speaking or representing the truth
A veracious account
Voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
A voracious appetite
Veracious
Honest; truthful
"She was not absolutely veracious.
But this defect was of no great consequence, for she had never had anything to conceal" (Henry James).
Voracious
Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
Veracious
Accurate; true
A veracious account of what happened.
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Voracious
Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit
A voracious reader.
Veracious
True.
The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.
Voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
Veracious
Truthful; speaking the truth.
Voracious
Having a great appetite for anything.
A voracious reader
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Veracious
Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian.
The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious.
Voracious
Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
Veracious
Characterized by truth; true; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative.
The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one.
Voracious
Excessively greedy and grasping;
A rapacious divorcee on the prowl
Ravening creditors
Paying taxes to voracious governments
Veracious
Habitually speaking the truth;
An honest man
A veracious witness
Voracious
Devouring or craving food in great quantities;
Edacious vultures
A rapacious appetite
Ravenous as wolves
Voracious sharks
Veracious
Precisely accurate;
A veracious account
