hit the bottle vs consume

hit the bottle and consume both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hit the bottle	No	No	Yes	No
consume	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, consume is a hypernym of hit the bottle; that is, consume is a word with a broader meaning than hit the bottle:

Other hypernyms of hit the bottle include have, ingest, take, take in.

hit the bottle (verb)	consume (verb)
consume alcohol	engage fully
	serve oneself to, or consume regularly
	use up (resources or materials)
	spend extravagantly
	eat up completely, as with great appetite
	destroy completely