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Exertion vs Consumption - What's the difference?

exertion | consumption | Related terms |

Exertion is a related term of consumption.


As nouns the difference between exertion and consumption

is that exertion is an expenditure of physical or mental effort while consumption is the act of consuming something.

exertion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often used with "exertion": physical, mental, etc.

    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)