Consumption vs Overconsumption - What's the difference?
consumption | overconsumption |
The act of consuming something.
The amount consumed.
(pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
(senseid)(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.
Excessive consumption
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As nouns the difference between consumption and overconsumption
is that consumption is the act of consuming something while overconsumption is excessive consumption.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)overconsumption
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Noun
(-)citation