The difference between Assimilate and Swallow

When used as nouns, assimilate means something that is or has been assimilated, whereas swallow means a deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

When used as verbs, assimilate means to incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion, whereas swallow means to cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach.

check bellow for the other definitions of Assimilate and Swallow

  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.

  1. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

  2. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

  3. Swallow as a verb (intransitive):

    To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

    Examples:

    "My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow."

  4. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

  5. Swallow as a verb:

    To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

  6. Swallow as a verb:

    To retract; to recant.

    Examples:

    "to swallow one's opinions"

  7. Swallow as a verb:

    To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

    Examples:

    "to swallow an affront or insult"

  1. Swallow as a noun (archaic):

    A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

  2. Swallow as a noun:

    The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

    Examples:

    "He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water."

  3. Swallow as a noun (Nigeria):

    Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

  1. Swallow as a noun:

    A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

  2. Swallow as a noun (nautical):

    The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ham. Nav. Encyc"

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