different between consume vs subvert

English

Etymology

From Old French consumer, from Latin c?ns?mere.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /k?n?sju?m/
• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /k?n??u?m/
• (US) enPR: k?n-so?om, IPA^(key): /k?n?sum/

Verb

consume (third-person singular simple present consumes, present participle consuming, simple past and past participle consumed)

1. (transitive) To use up.

   The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.

2. (transitive) To eat.

   Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.

3. (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

   Desire consumed him.

4. (transitive) To destroy completely.

   The building was consumed by fire.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 441:

     But, sir, you see how weak I am. You must see that I have been consuming from day to day […] .

   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:

     He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.

6. (economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.

   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. (transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

   The Internet has changed the way we consume news.

Synonyms

• (use): burn (of energy), use, use up
• (eat): devour, eat, swallow
• (occupy): occupy, overcome, take over
• (destroy): annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze (of a building), wipe out

Derived terms

• consumer

Related terms

• consumption
• consumptive

Translations

Anagrams

• Mounces, comunes, muscone

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.sym/

Verb

consume

1. first-person singular present indicative of consumer
2. third-person singular present indicative of consumer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
5. second-person singular imperative of consumer

Anagrams

• écumons

Galician

Verb

consume

1. second-person singular imperative of consumir

Latin

Verb

c?ns?me

1. second-person singular present active imperative of c?ns?m?

Portuguese

Verb

consume

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of consumar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of consumar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of consumar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of consumar

Spanish

Verb

consume

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of consumir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of consumir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of consumir.

Verb

consume

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of consumar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of consumar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of consumar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of consumar.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvert? (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s?b?v??t/
• (US) enPR: s?bvûrt?, IPA^(key): /s?b?v?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Verb

subvert (third-person singular simple present subverts, present participle subverting, simple past and past participle subverted)

1. (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
   • , Book IV, Chapter XVIII

     This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.

2. (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.

   A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.

3. (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

Derived terms

• subversion
• subversive

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from subvertising, by analogy with advert.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?bv??t/
• (US) enPR: s?b?vûrt, IPA^(key): /?s?bv?t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Noun

subvert (plural subverts)

1. An advertisement created by subvertising.

Synonyms

• subvertisement

Translations