Consumption vs Production - What's the difference?
consumption | production |
The act of consuming something.
The amount consumed.
(pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
(senseid)(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.
The act of producing, making or creating something.
The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
* 1910 , , "The Lost Sanjak", Reginald in Russia :
the act of being produced
the total amount produced
the presentation of a theatrical work
an occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary
that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model)
The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
As nouns the difference between consumption and production
is that consumption is the act of consuming something while production is the act of producing, making or creating something.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)production
English
Noun
(en noun)- The widget making machine is being used for production now.
- I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
- The widgets are coming out of production now.
- They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
- We went to a production of Hamlet.
- He made a simple meal into a huge production .
- This is the final production model.
