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Consumption vs Burnup - What's the difference?

consumption | burnup |

As nouns the difference between consumption and burnup

is that consumption is the act of consuming something while burnup is a measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.

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.

    See also

    (Wikipedia)

    burnup

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia burnup) (en noun)
  • (physics) A measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.