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Payment vs Consumption - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between payment and consumption

is that payment is (uncountable) the act of paying while consumption is the act of consuming something.

payment

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of paying.
  • (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * down payment * grease payment * lubrication payment * payment in kind

    External links

    * (wikipedia "payment")

    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)