Consumption vs Consumerize - What's the difference?
consumption | consumerize |
The act of consuming something.
The amount consumed.
(pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
(senseid)(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.
To turn into a consumer.
To make suitable for mass consumption.
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As a noun consumption
is the act of consuming something.As a verb consumerize is
to turn into a consumer.consumption
English
Noun
(-)- The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
- gross national consumption
Derived terms
* autoconsumption, self-consumption. * conspicuous consumption.See also
(Wikipedia)consumerize
English
Verb
(consumeriz)citation
