The difference between Chow and Food

When used as nouns, chow means food, especially snacks, whereas food means any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.


Chow is also verb with the meaning: to eat.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chow and Food

  1. Chow as a noun (slang, uncountable):

    Food, especially snacks.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to pick up some chow for dinner."

  2. Chow as a noun:

    a Chow Chow

  3. Chow as a noun (chiefly, _, Australian, slang, now, _, rare):

    A Chinese person.

  4. Chow as a noun (mahjong):

    A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit.

  1. Chow as a verb (slang, South Africa):

    To eat.

  1. Chow as a noun:

    A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district.

  1. Chow as a verb (mahjong):

    To (use a tile or tiles to) piece together a winning combination of tiles.

  1. Food as a noun (uncountable):

    Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: Thesaurus:food"

    "The innkeeper brought them food and drink."

  2. Food as a noun (countable):

    A foodstuff.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: belly-timber q1=archaic, now only humorous or regionafoodstuff provender Thesaurus:food"

  3. Food as a noun (uncountable, figuratively):

    Anything that nourishes or sustains.

    Examples:

    "hypo brainfood"

    "The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought."

    "Mozart and Bach are food for my soul."