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What is the difference between Appetite and Hunger?

Asked by Denton Perez, Last updated: Apr 13, 2024

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L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes
L. Hawkes, Teacher, Memphis

Answered Mar 31, 2020

Although appetite and hunger are not totally the same, they usually work to produce the same result i.e.; both will create the desire to eat in people. Appetite means a strong desire for food or drink. At times, this feeling may come very strongly in people.

Most times, appetite is usually about the desire to eat a particular type of food or drink. And the need to get certain nutritional benefits from a particular food and their good taste are the reasons why people easily develop an appetite for certain foods. On the other hand, hunger is a compelling desire for food.

When an individual hasn't eaten for some hours, such an individual will start having a compelling feeling for food. At this point, a hungry person does not desire for a particular food, but any food, and that is why hunger is usually considered to be very serious compared to appetite.

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