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consumption vs drinking

drinking vs consumption

consumption and drinking both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
consumption Yes No No No
drinking Yes No No No
As nouns, drinking is a hyponym of consumption; that is, drinking is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than consumption:
  • consumption: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
  • drinking: the act of consuming liquids
Other hyponyms of consumption include eating, feeding, deglutition, drink, swallow, suck, sucking, suction, imbibing, imbibition.
consumption (noun) drinking (noun)
the act of consuming something the act of consuming liquids
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Difference between consumption and drinking

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