[General] whats the difference of "hungry" and "starving" ????
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Welcome to the board.
'Starving' means 'very hungry' - to the point of death in extreme circumstances.
Rover
'Starving' means 'very hungry' - to the point of death in extreme circumstances.
Rover
I am not a teacher, but here are my two cents 
hungry -> lack or insufficiency of food (or something else ) for a short period of time) e.g. I feel hungry, because my last meal was before 24 hours.
starving -> lack or insufficiency of food (and usually other material things) for a long period of time . For example:
People in many parts of Africa are starving for decades.
Hungry can not be used as verb.
Example:
She hungred/ied to death. <- This is wrong
Starve can be used as verb.
Example:
She starved to death. <- This is OK
hungry -> lack or insufficiency of food (or something else ) for a short period of time) e.g. I feel hungry, because my last meal was before 24 hours.
starving -> lack or insufficiency of food (and usually other material things) for a long period of time . For example:
People in many parts of Africa are starving for decades.
Hungry can not be used as verb.
Example:
She hungred/ied to death. <- This is wrong
Starve can be used as verb.
Example:
She starved to death. <- This is OK
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