different between absorb vs exhaust

English

Etymology

From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbe? (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) +? sorbe? (“suck in, swallow”). Compare French absorber.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?z??b/, /?b?s??b/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æb?s??b/, /æb?z??b/, /?b?s??b/, /?b?z??b/
• Rhymes: -??(r)b
• Hyphenation: ab?sorb

Verb

absorb (third-person singular simple present absorbs, present participle absorbing, simple past and past participle absorbed or (archaic) absorpt)

1. (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. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1782, William Cowper, On Observing some Names of Little Note

     Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. [Attested from the late 15th century until the late 18th century.]
3. (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
4. (transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as[first attested in the early 18th century.]
   1. (transitive, physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
   2. (transitive, physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
   3. (transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.

5. (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully. [first attested in the late 18th century.]
   • 1904, Kazimierz Waliszewski, translated by Lady Mary Loyd, Ivan the Terrible Part 2 Chapter 3

     Livonian affairs held him tight, and were to absorb him for many a year.

6. (transitive) To occupy or consume time. [first attested in the mid 19th century.]
7. (transitive) Assimilate mentally. [first attested in the late 19th century.]
8. (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
9. (transitive) To defray the costs.
10. (transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to include so that it no longer has separate existence): assimilate, engulf, incorporate, swallow up, overwhelm
• (to suck up or drink in): draw, drink in, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, steep, take in, take up
• (to consume completely): use up
• (to occupy fully): engage, engross, immerse, monopolize, occupy
• (finance: to assume or pay for): assume, bear, pay for, take in

Antonyms

• (physics: to take up by chemical or physical action): emit

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• adsorb

Further reading

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002) , “absorb”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 9

Anagrams

• Brabos, bobars, robabs

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ab?sorb]

Verb

absorb

1. first-person singular present indicative of absorbi
2. third-person plural present indicative of absorbi
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of absorbi

English

Etymology

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaur?re (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haur?re (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z??st/
• Rhymes: -??st

Verb

exhaust (third-person singular simple present exhausts, present participle exhausting, simple past and past participle exhausted)

1. (transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely

2. (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents

3. (transitive, figuratively) To drain; to use up or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end

4. (transitive) to tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy
5. (transitive) To bring out or develop completely
6. (transitive) to discuss thoroughly or completely

7. (transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives

Synonyms

• spend, consume
• tire out, weary
• See also Thesaurus:fatigue

Related terms

• exhausted
• exhausting
• exhaustion
• exhaustive
• exhaustible

Translations

Noun

exhaust (plural exhausts)

1. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
2. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
3. The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
4. An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
5. exhaust gas.

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• ? Gulf Arabic: ?????? (igz?z)
• ? Hebrew: ????????? (egzóz)
• ? Persian: ??????

Adjective

exhaust (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Exhausted; used up.

Further reading

• exhaust in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exhaust in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• exhaust at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exhaustus.

Adjective

exhaust (feminine exhausta, masculine plural exhausts or exhaustos, feminine plural exhaustes)

1. out of (no longer in possession of)
2. exhausted

Related terms

• exhaurir
• exhaustió
• exhaustiu

Further reading

• “exhaust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exhaust” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “exhaust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exhaust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.