What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Uptake vs Usage - What's the difference?

uptake | usage |

As a noun uptake

is understanding, comprehension.

As a verb uptake

is (archaic) to take up, to lift.

As an adjective usage is

used.

uptake

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • understanding, comprehension
  • absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
  • (dated) a chimney

    • Derived terms

    * quick or slow on the uptake

    Verb

  • (archaic) To take up, to lift.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
  • *:He hearkned to his reason, and the childe / Vptaking , to the Palmer gaue to beare [...].

    • Anagrams

    *

    usage

    English

    (wikipedia usage)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The manner or the amount of using; use
  • Habit or accepted practice
  • (lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
  • # Correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority.
  • # Geographic, social, or temporal restrictions on the use of words.

    • Derived terms

    * usage dictionary * usage guide * usage label * usage lexicography * usage note * usage panel

    References

    * * Sydney I. Landau (2001), Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, p 217.

    Anagrams

    * ----