The difference between Absorb and Incorporate
When used as verbs, absorb means to include so that it no longer has separate existence, whereas incorporate means to include (something) as a part.
Incorporate is also adjective with the meaning: corporate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Absorb and Incorporate
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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.
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Absorb as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
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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.
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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."
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Absorb as a verb (transitive):
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
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Absorb as a verb (transitive):
To occupy or consume time.
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Absorb as a verb (transitive):
Assimilate mentally.
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Absorb as a verb (transitive, business):
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
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Absorb as a verb (transitive):
To defray the costs.
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Absorb as a verb (transitive):
To accept or purchase in quantity.
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Incorporate as a verb (transitive):
To include (something) as a part.
Examples:
"The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase."
"to incorporate another's ideas into one's work"
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Incorporate as a verb (transitive):
To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
Examples:
"Incorporate air into the mixture."
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Incorporate as a verb (transitive):
To admit as a member of a company
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Incorporate as a verb (transitive):
To form into a legal company.
Examples:
"The company was incorporated in 1980."
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Incorporate as a verb (US, legal):
To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
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Incorporate as a verb:
To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
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Incorporate as a verb:
To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
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Incorporate as an adjective (obsolete):
Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.
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Incorporate as an adjective:
Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.
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Incorporate as an adjective:
Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.
Examples:
"an incorporate banking association"
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
- absorb vs assimilate
- absorb vs engulf
- absorb vs incorporate
- absorb vs swallow up
- absorb vs overwhelm
- absorb vs engage
- absorb vs engross
- absorb vs immerse
- absorb vs monopolize
- absorb vs occupy
- absorb vs assume
- absorb vs bear
- absorb vs pay for
- absorb vs use up
- absorb vs draw
- absorb vs drink in
- absorb vs imbibe
- absorb vs soak up
- absorb vs sop up
- absorb vs suck
- absorb vs suck up
- absorb vs steep
- absorb vs take in
- absorb vs take up
- absorb vs emit