imbibe vs ingest

imbibe and ingest both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imbibe	No	No	Yes	No
ingest	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, ingest is a hypernym of imbibe; that is, ingest is a word with a broader meaning than imbibe:

Other hypernyms of imbibe include absorb, assimilate, take in.

As verbs, ingest is a hypernym of imbibe; that is, ingest is a word with a broader meaning than imbibe:

Other hypernyms of imbibe include consume, have, take, take in.

imbibe (verb)	ingest (verb)
receive into the mind and retain	take up mentally
take in liquids	serve oneself to, or consume regularly
take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
take in, also metaphorically