different between intake vs upturn

English

Etymology

From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- +? take. More at in-, take.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nte?k/

Noun

intake (countable and uncountable, plural intakes)

1. The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
2. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
3. The quantity taken in.
4. An act or instance of taking in.

5. The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.

6. The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
7. A tract of land enclosed.
8. (Britain, dialect) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

Translations

Verb

intake (third-person singular simple present intakes, present participle intaking, simple past intook, past participle intaken)

1. To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.
   • 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt, press conference

     Well, I "intook" the general situation west of the Mississippi because I did not get much of a chance to see things east of the Mississippi.

   • 1968, Margaret A. Sherald, NBS Special Publication (issue 540, page 671)

     The particle concentration in the ascending hot current of the combustion product have^[sic] been measured by intaking the current into the counter close to the sample plate in the furnace.

   • 2010, John Tyler, Diary of A Dieter (page 258)

     I deduced that if I am intaking the same amount of calories that I always did during Induction, but I am causing my metabolic rate to slow down, it makes sense that the same amount of calories taken in will not burn off as fast as they once did […]

Derived terms

• intaker
• intake manifold
• intake system

Anagrams

• Aitken, Kantei, kaiten, kentia, kinate, take in, take-in, tankie

English

Etymology

From Middle English upturnen, equivalent to up- +? turn.

Noun

upturn (plural upturns)

1. an upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit

Antonyms

• downturn

Translations

Verb

upturn (third-person singular simple present upturns, present participle upturning, simple past and past participle upturned) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to turn (something) up or over

Derived terms

• upturned

Anagrams

• turn up, turn-up, turnup