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consumption vs tuberculosis

tuberculosis vs consumption

consumption and tuberculosis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
consumption Yes No No No
tuberculosis Yes No No No
As nouns, tuberculosis is a hypernym of consumption; that is, tuberculosis is a word with a broader meaning than consumption:
  • consumption: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  • tuberculosis: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
Other hypernyms of consumption include T.B., TB.
consumption (noun) tuberculosis (noun)
the act of consuming something infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
(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 tuberculosis

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