beer gut vs paunch

beer gut

• A beer belly. 

paunch

• The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one. 

• The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct. 

• The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. 

• A paunch mat. 

• The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. 

• To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.