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ingest vs imbibe

imbibe vs ingest

ingest and imbibe both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ingest No No Yes No
imbibe No No Yes No
As verbs, imbibe is a hyponym of ingest; that is, imbibe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ingest:
  • ingest: take up mentally
  • imbibe: receive into the mind and retain
As verbs, imbibe is a hyponym of ingest; that is, imbibe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ingest:
  • ingest: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • imbibe: take in liquids
Other hyponyms of ingest include cannibalise, cannibalize, habituate, use, eat, drink, booze, drink, fuddle, hit the bottle, partake, touch, eat, feed, fill, replete, sate, satiate, sample, taste, try, try out, sop up, suck in, take in, take up, sup.
ingest (verb) imbibe (verb)
take up mentally receive into the mind and retain
serve oneself to, or consume regularly take in liquids
take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
take in, also metaphorically
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