different between suction vs intake

English

Etymology

From Latin sugere (“to suck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

suction (usually uncountable, plural suctions)

1. (physics) A force which pushes matter from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first.
2. (physics) A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.
3. The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
4. (dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
5. (informal) influence; "pull".

Translations

Verb

suction (third-person singular simple present suctions, present participle suctioning, simple past and past participle suctioned)

1. To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
2. To draw out the contents of a space.

Antonyms

• unsuction

Translations

See also

• suction cup
• suction pad
• suction stop

Anagrams

• counits, scoutin', unstoic

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