imbibition vs uptake

imbibition and uptake both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of imbibition include consumption, ingestion, intake.

imbibition (noun)	uptake (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	a process of taking up or using up or consuming