Absorpt vs. Absorb — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Absorpt and Absorb
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Definitions
Absorpt➦
(archaic) absorb
Absorb➦
Take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action
Buildings can be designed to absorb and retain heat
Steroids are absorbed into the bloodstream
Absorpt➦
Absorbed
Absorb➦
Take up the attention of (someone); interest greatly
She sat in an armchair, absorbed in a book
The work absorbed him and continued to make him happy
Absorpt➦
Absorbed.
Absorb➦
To take (something) in through or as through pores or interstices.
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Absorb➦
To occupy the attention, interest, or time of; engross
The problem completely absorbed her.
Absorb➦
To take up or occupy (one's time or interest, for example).
Absorb➦
To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.
Absorb➦
To take in; assimilate
Immigrants who were absorbed into the social mainstream.
Absorb➦
To learn; acquire
"Matisse absorbed the lesson and added to it a new language of color" (Peter Plagen).
Absorb➦
To receive (an impulse) without echo or recoil
A fabric that absorbs sound.
A bumper that absorbs impact.
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Absorb➦
To assume or pay for (a cost or costs).
Absorb➦
To endure; accommodate
Couldn't absorb the additional hardships.
Absorb➦
To use up; consume
The project has absorbed all of our department's resources.
Absorb➦
(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
Absorb➦
To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
Absorb➦
(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
Absorb➦
(intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
Absorb➦
To take in energy and convert it.
Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
Absorb➦
In receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
Absorb➦
In receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
Absorb➦
Taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
Absorb➦
(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
Absorb➦
(transitive) To occupy or consume time.
Absorb➦
(transitive) To assimilate mentally.
Absorb➦
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
Absorb➦
(transitive) To defray the costs.
Absorb➦
(transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.
Absorb➦
To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion.
Absorb➦
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
Absorb➦
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
Absorb➦
To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
That grave question which had begun to absorb the Christian mind - the marriage of the clergy.
Too long hath love engrossed Britannia's stage,And sunk to softness all our tragic rage.
Should not the sad occasion swallow upMy other cares?
And in destruction's riverEngulf and swallow those.
Absorb➦
Become imbued;
The liquids, light, and gases absorb
Absorb➦
Take up mentally;
He absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
Absorb➦
Take up, as of debts or payments;
Absorb the costs for something
Absorb➦
Take in, also metaphorically;
The sponge absorbs water well
She drew strength from the minister's words
Absorb➦
Cause to become one with;
The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax
Absorb➦
Suck or take up or in;
A black star absorbs all matter
Absorb➦
Engross (oneself) fully;
He immersed himself into his studies
Absorb➦
Assimilate or take in;
The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society
Absorb➦
Engage or engross wholly;
Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
