consume vs imbibe

consume and imbibe both are verbs.

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

As verbs, imbibe is a hyponym of consume; that is, imbibe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than consume:

consume (verb)	imbibe (verb)
engage fully	receive into the mind and retain
serve oneself to, or consume regularly	take in liquids
use up (resources or materials)	take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
spend extravagantly	take in, also metaphorically
eat up completely, as with great appetite
destroy completely