different between consumption vs bibulous

English

Etymology

From Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?mp.??n/

Noun

consumption (usually uncountable, plural consumptions)

1. The act of eating, drinking or using.

   The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.

2. The amount consumed.

   gross national consumption

3. The act of consuming or destroying.
4. (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
6. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.

Derived terms

• autoconsumption, self-consumption
• conspicuous consumption

Related terms

• consumer

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin bibulus from bib? (“drink”) +? -ulus from Proto-Italic *pib?, from Proto-Indo-European *píph?eti, from root *peh?- (“drink”); whence also imbibe and beverage via Old French beivre.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?b?yo?o-l?s, IPA^(key): /?b?b.j?.l?s/

Adjective

bibulous (comparative more bibulous, superlative most bibulous)

1. Very absorbent.
2. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.

   Synonyms: bibacious, boozy, sottish

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:drunk

Derived terms

• bibulously
• bibulousness

Related terms

• bibacious
• bibation
• bibativeness

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