The difference between Consume and Swallow

When used as verbs, consume means to use up, whereas swallow means to cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach.

Swallow is also noun with the meaning: a deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

check bellow for the other definitions of Consume and Swallow

Consume as a verb (transitive):

To use up.

Examples:

"The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour."
Consume as a verb (transitive):

To eat.

Examples:

"Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day."
Consume as a verb (transitive):

To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

Examples:

"Desire consumed him."
Consume as a verb (transitive):

To destroy completely.

Examples:

"The building was consumed by fire."
Consume as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

To waste away slowly.
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."
Consume as a verb (transitive):

To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

Examples:

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

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.
Swallow as a verb (transitive):

To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.
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."
Swallow as a verb (transitive):

To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.
Swallow as a verb:

To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.
Swallow as a verb:

To retract; to recant.

Examples:

"to swallow one's opinions"
Swallow as a verb:

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

Examples:

"to swallow an affront or insult"

Swallow as a noun (archaic):

A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.
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."
Swallow as a noun (Nigeria):

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

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.
Swallow as a noun (nautical):

The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Examples:

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