The difference between Consume and Destroy

When used as verbs, consume means to use up, whereas destroy means to damage beyond use or repair.

check bellow for the other definitions of Consume and Destroy

  1. Consume as a verb (transitive):

    To use up.

    Examples:

    "The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour."

  2. Consume as a verb (transitive):

    To eat.

    Examples:

    "Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day."

  3. Consume as a verb (transitive):

    To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

    Examples:

    "Desire consumed him."

  4. Consume as a verb (transitive):

    To destroy completely.

    Examples:

    "The building was consumed by fire."

  5. Consume as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To waste away slowly.

  6. Consume as a verb (economics, transitive, intransitive):

    To trade money for good or services as an individual.

    Examples:

    "In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume."

    "If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax."

  7. Consume as a verb (transitive):

    To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

    Examples:

    "The Internet has changed the way we consume news."

  1. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To damage beyond use or repair.

    Examples:

    "The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes."

  2. Destroy as a verb (intransitive):

    To cause destruction.

    Examples:

    "Hooligans destroy unprovoked."

  3. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

    Examples:

    "Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate."

  4. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To put down or euthanize.

    Examples:

    "'Destroying a rabid dog is required by law."

  5. Destroy as a verb (transitive):

    To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.

    Examples:

    "Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year."

  6. Destroy as a verb (colloquial, transitive):

    To defeat soundly.

  7. Destroy as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To remove data.

    Examples:

    "The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists."

  8. Destroy as a verb (US, colloquial, slang):

    To sing a song poorly.

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