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Consumption vs Sumption - What's the difference?

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Consumption is a related term of sumption.


As nouns the difference between consumption and sumption

is that consumption is the act of consuming something while sumption is (rare) a taking.

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.

    Related terms

    * consumer

    See also

    (Wikipedia)

    sumption

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) a taking
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • (obsolete) The major premise of a syllogism.

    • Related terms

    * consumption