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Metabolism vs Digestion - What's the difference?

metabolism | digestion |

As a proper noun metabolism

is a post-war japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.

As a noun digestion is

digestion.

metabolism

English

(wikipedia metabolism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physiology) The complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells.

    • digestion

    English

    (wikipedia digestion)

    Noun

  • The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
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  • The result of this process.
  • The ability to use this process.
  • The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
  • The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
  • (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.

    • Related terms

    * digest * digester * digestible