different between engross vs consume

English

Etymology

From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingross? (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German gr?z (“big, thick, coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew?- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). More at in-, gross.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?????s/, /???????s/, /?n?????s/, /???????s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?????s/, /???????s/, /?n???o?s/, /?????o?s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Verb

engross (third-person singular simple present engrosses, present participle engrossing, simple past and past participle engrossed)

2. (transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.

   Coordinate term: longhand

   • 1846, Thomas De Quincey, “On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine:

     laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail

3. (transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).

   Synonym: corner the market

4. (transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
5. (transitive) To completely engage the attention of.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense.

   Synonyms: inspissate; see also Thesaurus:thicken
7. (transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
8. (obsolete) To amass.

   Synonyms: amound, hoard; see also Thesaurus:amass

Derived terms

• engrossing

Related terms

• gross

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “engross”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• engrossing (law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gersons, Gonsers, Songers, grossen, songers

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.