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Possess vs Absorption - What's the difference?

possess | absorption |

As a verb possess

is to have; to have ownership of.

As a noun absorption is

absorption (act or process of absorbing, either liquid or light).

possess

English

Verb

(es)
  • To have; to have ownership of.
  • * 1818 , (Mary Shelley), (Frankenstein) , Volume 3, Chapter 7:
    • [...], the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
  • To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
  • To vest ownership in (someone); to give someone power or knowledge; to acquaint; to inform.
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
    • LEONATO. I cannot bid you bid my daughter live;
    That were impossible; but, I pray you both,
    Possess the people in Messina here
    How innocent she died;
  • * 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Twelfth Night) , II, 3
    • [Sir Toby Belch] Possess' us, '''possess' us ; tell us something of him.

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    Synonyms

    * seise * (qualities or characteristics) inhold

    absorption

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
  • # (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
  • # assimilate; incorporation.
  • ''the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger
  • the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
  • # (chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
  • the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
  • # (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
  • Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
    • absorption in some employment
  • Mental assimilation.
  • (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
  • The taking on of by a shipping company of special charges by another without price increase.
  • The natural lessening of radio waves due to atmospheric interference.

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