WordCmp.com

ingestion vs feeding

feeding vs ingestion

ingestion and feeding both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ingestion Yes No No No
feeding Yes No No No
As nouns, feeding is a hyponym of ingestion; that is, feeding is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ingestion:
  • ingestion: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
  • feeding: the act of consuming food
Other hyponyms of ingestion include eating, deglutition, drink, swallow, suck, sucking, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition.
ingestion (noun) feeding (noun)
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) the act of consuming food
the act of supplying food and nourishment
Difference between ingestion and feeding

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.