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material intensity vs consumption

consumption vs material intensity

material intensity and consumption both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
material intensity Yes No No No
consumption Yes No No No
As nouns, consumption is a hypernym of material intensity; that is, consumption is a word with a broader meaning than material intensity:
  • material intensity: the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and depreciation of fixed assets) needed for production.
  • consumption: (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Other hypernyms of material intensity include economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services.
material intensity (noun) consumption (noun)
the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and depreciation of fixed assets) needed for production. the act of consuming something
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
Difference between material intensity and consumption

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