consume vs down

down vs consume

consume is not a noun while down is a noun.

consume is not an adjective while down is an adjective.

consume and down both are verbs.

consume is not an adverb while down is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
consume	No	No	Yes	No
down	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

As verbs, consume and down are synonyms defined as:

consume and down: eat up completely, as with great appetite

Other synonyms of consume include demolish, devour, go through.

consume (noun)	down (noun)
	(American football) a complete play to advance the football
	soft fine feathers
	fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
	(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

consume (adjective)	down (adjective)
	being or moving lower in position or less in some value
	filled with melancholy and despondency
	extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
	becoming progressively lower
	not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
	lower than previously
	shut
	being put out in a game of baseball
	understood perfectly

consume (verb)	down (verb)
engage fully	improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
serve oneself to, or consume regularly	bring down or defeat (an opponent)
use up (resources or materials)	drink down entirely
spend extravagantly	eat up completely, as with great appetite
eat up completely, as with great appetite	cause to come or go down
destroy completely	shoot at and force to come down

consume (adverb)	down (adverb)
	spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
	away from a more central or a more northerly place
	paid in cash at time of purchase
	in an inactive or inoperative state
	to a lower intensity
	from an earlier time

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