veracious vs voracious :

veracious or voracious

If you are extremely hungry, you may have a “voracious” appetite (think of the O as an open mouth, ready to devour anything). “Veracious” is an unusual word meaning “truthful, honest” (think about the E in “verify”). A truthful person has “veracity.” “Voracity,” meaning “extreme appetite“ is a rare word you are unlikely to have a use for; “voraciousness” is more common.

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Definitions
  veracious
  • s  habitually speaking the truth
    a veracious witness
  • s  precisely accurate
    a veracious account
  voracious
  • s  excessively greedy and grasping
    paying taxes to voracious governments
  • s  devouring or craving food in great quantities
    voracious sharks
News & Articles
  veracious
  voracious
  • 2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds has killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes — a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods, a sheriff said Thursday.
    June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Two found dead in Colorado wildfire area
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds has killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes -- a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods, a sheriff said Thursday.
    June 14, 2013 - Pioneer Press
  • Colorado wildfire destroys at least 360 homes
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds destroyed at least 360 homes — a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned out of control for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods.
    June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News