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Consumption vs Consummation - What's the difference?

consumption | consummation |

As nouns the difference between consumption and consummation

is that consumption is the act of consuming something while consummation is the act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.

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)

    consummation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
  • The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.
  • The achievement of perfection.
  • Termination; the end (as of the world or of life).