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deglutition vs ingestion

ingestion vs deglutition

deglutition and ingestion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deglutition Yes No No No
ingestion Yes No No No
As nouns, ingestion is a hypernym of deglutition; that is, ingestion is a word with a broader meaning than deglutition:
  • deglutition: the act of swallowing
  • ingestion: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Other hypernyms of deglutition include consumption, intake, uptake.
deglutition (noun) ingestion (noun)
the act of swallowing the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Difference between deglutition and ingestion

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