Consume and Take

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Consume

Consume verb - Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.

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Take is a synonym for consume in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Consume", when it comes to topics like utilize, utilise, eat, drink.

Nearby Words: consumed, consumption, consuming, consumer, consumable

Take

Take verb - Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.

Usage example: I don't take sugar in my coffee

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Consume is a synonym for take in utilize topic. You can use "Consume" instead a verb "Take", if it concerns topics such as utilise.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

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power	consume power	take power
life	consume life	take life
people	consume people	take people
amount	consume amount	take amount
Other words: time, drink, hours.

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While it would take a very long time for a fleet of World Devastators to completely consume a planet, they don't have to eat the whole thing to depopulate it.

Source: Planet Eater
Similarly with the consume-tendrils that hold onto lesser organic beings, which take a moment to be assimilated.

Source: Tentacle Rope
Bizarre Alien Biology: The Aragami are actually clusters of single-celled organisms that can consume just about anything, as well as have the ability to take on the traits of the things they eat.

Source: Franchise / God Eater aka: God Eater Burst

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