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Intake vs Ingest - What's the difference?

intake | ingest |

As verbs the difference between intake and ingest

is that intake is to take or draw in in all the senses of the noun while ingest is to take into the body, as for digestion.

As a noun intake

is the place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.

intake

English

Noun

  • The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
  • The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
  • The quantity taken in.
    • the intake of air
  • An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.
  • The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
    • the new intake of students

    Verb

  • To take or draw in (in all the senses of the noun).

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

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    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

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