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Absorbition vs Consumption - What's the difference?

absorbition | consumption |

As nouns the difference between absorbition and consumption

is that absorbition is (obsolete) absorption while consumption is the act of consuming something.

absorbition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) absorption
  • * 1912 , Thomas Browne, The Works of Sir Thomas Browne v. 1 , p. 331.
  • *:...empty into this Valley; but where to place that concurrence of Waters or place of its absorbition , there is no authentick decision.

    • consumption

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of consuming something.
    • The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
  • The amount consumed.
    • gross national consumption
  • (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
  • (senseid)(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

    • Derived terms

    * autoconsumption, self-consumption. * conspicuous consumption.

    Related terms

    * consumer

    See also

    (Wikipedia)