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depletion vs consumption

consumption vs depletion

depletion and consumption both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
depletion Yes No No No
consumption Yes No No No
As nouns, consumption is a hyponym of depletion; that is, consumption is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than depletion:
  • depletion: the act of decreasing something markedly
  • consumption: the act of consuming something
Other hyponyms of depletion include expenditure, using up, exhaustion, drain.
depletion (noun) consumption (noun)
the act of decreasing something markedly the act of consuming something
the state of being depleted 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 depletion and consumption

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