Veracious and voracious look similar, but they mean very different things.
Veracious means truthful, honest, or accurate. It is usually used for people, statements, accounts, or sources that can be trusted. If a witness is veracious, that witness tells the truth. If a report is veracious, it is reliable and fact based.
Voracious means extremely hungry. It can also mean having a very strong desire for something, such as books, attention, or success. A voracious reader is not eating books, but reading them eagerly and in large amounts.
- Veracious: The article was veracious and well documented.
- Voracious: After the hike, the campers were voracious.
- Voracious: She is a voracious reader who finishes two novels a week.
A simple memory trick helps: veracious relates to truth, while voracious relates to appetite or intense desire. If you mean accurate, choose veracious. If you mean very hungry or eager for more, choose voracious.
