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Consumption vs Spending - What's the difference?

consumption | spending |

As nouns the difference between consumption and spending

is that consumption is the act of consuming something while spending is an amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.

As a verb spending is

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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)

    spending

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent