consumption

As nouns the difference between application and consumption

is that application is the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb while consumption is the act of consuming something.

Exertion is a related term of consumption.

As nouns the difference between exertion and consumption

is that exertion is an expenditure of physical or mental effort while consumption is the act of consuming something.

As nouns the difference between consumption and dissipation

is that consumption is the act of consuming something while dissipation is the act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

As nouns the difference between absorption and consumption

is that absorption is the act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as while consumption is the act of consuming something.

Employment is a related term of consumption.

As nouns the difference between employment and consumption

is that employment is a use, purpose while consumption is the act of consuming something.

As nouns the difference between output and consumption

is that output is production; quantity produced, created, or completed while consumption is the act of consuming something.

As a verb output

is to produce, create, or complete.

As a noun consumption

is the act of consuming something.

As a verb absorb is

to include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up .