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Ingestion vs Holophytic - What's the difference?

ingestion | holophytic |

As a noun ingestion

is ingestion.

As an adjective holophytic is

(biology) that can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food.

ingestion

English

(wikipedia ingestion)

Noun

  • The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.

    • Derived terms

    * avian ingestion

    holophytic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food

    • Related terms

    * holophyte

    Antonyms

    * holozoic