imbibition vs consumption

imbibition and consumption both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imbibition	Yes	No	No	No
consumption	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, consumption is a hypernym of imbibition; that is, consumption is a word with a broader meaning than imbibition:

imbibition: the act of consuming liquids
consumption: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Other hypernyms of imbibition include ingestion, intake, uptake.

imbibition (noun)	consumption (noun)
the act of consuming liquids	the act of consuming something
(chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel	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