swallow vs consumption

consumption vs swallow

swallow and consumption both are nouns.

swallow is a verb but consumption is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
swallow	Yes	No	Yes	No
consumption	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, consumption is a hypernym of swallow; that is, consumption is a word with a broader meaning than swallow:

swallow: the act of swallowing
consumption: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Other hypernyms of swallow include ingestion, intake, uptake.

swallow (noun)	consumption (noun)
the act of swallowing	the act of consuming something
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
a small amount of liquid food	(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
	involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

swallow (verb)	consumption (verb)
believe or accept without questioning or challenge
keep from expressing
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
take back what one has said
utter unclearly
engulf and destroy
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

Difference between swallow and consumption

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