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Ingest vs Consumption - What's the difference?

ingest | consumption |

As a verb ingest

is to take into the body, as for digestion.

As a noun consumption is

the act of consuming something.

ingest

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To take into the body, as for digestion.

    • Usage notes

    * Often used in labelling of chemical products. Common phrase: "Do not ingest," meaning "Do not take in / Do not swallow."

    Hyponyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    *

    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)