imbibition vs intake

imbibition and intake both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of imbibition include consumption, ingestion, uptake.

imbibition (noun)	intake (noun)
the act of consuming liquids	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
(chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel	the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
	an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container