The difference between Absorb and Assimilate

When used as verbs, absorb means to include so that it no longer has separate existence, whereas assimilate means to incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

Assimilate is also noun with the meaning: something that is or has been assimilated.

check bellow for the other definitions of Absorb and Assimilate

  1. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

  2. Absorb as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

  3. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

  4. Absorb as a verb (transitive, physics, chemistry):

    To take in energy and convert it, as in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil. in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo. taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.

    Examples:

    "Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass."

  5. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully

  6. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To occupy or consume time.

  7. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    Assimilate mentally.

  8. Absorb as a verb (transitive, business):

    To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

  9. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To defray the costs.

  10. Absorb as a verb (transitive):

    To accept or purchase in quantity.

  1. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

    Examples:

    "Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue."

  2. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

    Examples:

    "The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said."

  3. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

    Examples:

    "The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race."

  4. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To compare to something similar.

  5. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir M. Hale"

  6. Assimilate as a verb (intransitive):

    To become similar.

  7. Assimilate as a verb (intransitive):

    To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

  1. Assimilate as a noun:

    Something that is or has been assimilated.

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