Recharge vs Absorb - What's the difference?
recharge | absorb |
To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
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To reload a gun with ammunition.
To add or restore water to an aquifer.
To charge or accuse in return.
To attack again or anew.
Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
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(obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
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To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
(transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as
# (physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
# (physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
# (physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth.
To occupy or consume time.
Assimilate mentally.
(business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
To defray the costs.
To accept or purchase in quantity.
In transitive terms the difference between recharge and absorb
is that recharge is to add or restore water to an aquifer while absorb is to accept or purchase in quantity.As a noun recharge
is water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.recharge
English
(wikipedia recharge)Verb
(recharg)- My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.
- (Dryden)
Synonyms
* (sense, to invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents) unwindNoun
(-)Derived terms
* recharge area * recharge well ----absorb
English
Verb
- Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
- The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion.
- Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.