The difference between Absorb and Suck

When used as verbs, absorb means to include so that it no longer has separate existence, whereas suck means to use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

Suck is also noun with the meaning: an instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.

check bellow for the other definitions of Absorb and Suck

  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. Suck as a noun:

    An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.

  2. Suck as a noun (vulgar):

    Fellatio of a penis.

  3. Suck as a noun (Canada):

    A weak, self-pitying person; a person who won't go along, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.

  4. Suck as a noun:

    A sycophant, especially a child.

  1. Suck as a verb (transitive):

    To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

  2. Suck as a verb (intransitive):

    To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.

  3. Suck as a verb (transitive):

    To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.

  4. Suck as a verb (transitive):

    To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.

  5. Suck as a verb (transitive):

    To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.

  6. Suck as a verb (transitive):

    To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.

  7. Suck as a verb (transitive, slang, vulgar):

    To perform fellatio.

  8. Suck as a verb (chiefly, US, , intransitive, slang):

    To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency.

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