fritter away vs consume

fritter away and consume both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fritter away	No	No	Yes	No
consume	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, consume is a hypernym of fritter away; that is, consume is a word with a broader meaning than fritter away:

Other hypernyms of fritter away include squander, ware, waste.

fritter away (verb)	consume (verb)
spend frivolously and unwisely	engage fully
	serve oneself to, or consume regularly
	use up (resources or materials)
	spend extravagantly
	eat up completely, as with great appetite
	destroy completely