Wastage vs Consumption - What's the difference?
wastage | consumption |
(uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration
(countable) Anything lost by wear or waste
Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss
In hunting, the act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts; usually illegal
The act of consuming something.
The amount consumed.
(pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
(senseid)(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.
As nouns the difference between wastage and consumption
is that wastage is the amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration while consumption is the act of consuming something.wastage
English
Noun
- The average wastage is 1.5% in the grocery department.
consumption
English
Noun
(-)- The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
- gross national consumption
