Consume vs. Devour

Consumeverb

(transitive) To use up.

Consumeverb

(transitive) To eat.

Consumeverb

(transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.

Consumeverb

(transitive) To destroy completely.

Consumeverb

To waste away slowly.

Consumeverb

To trade money for good or services as an individual.

Consumeverb

(transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

Consumeverb

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

Consumeverb

To waste away slowly.

Consumeverb

eat immoderately;

Consumeverb

serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

Consumeverb

spend extravagantly;

Consumeverb

destroy completely;

Consumeverb

use up (resources or materials);

Consumeverb

engage fully;

Devourverb

To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

Devourverb

To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.

Devourverb

To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.

Devourverb

To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.

Devourverb

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

Devourverb

To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.

Devourverb

To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.

Devourverb

destroy completely;

Devourverb

enjoy avidly;

Devourverb

eat immoderately;

Devourverb

eat greedily;

Devourverb

eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly

Devourverb

(of fire or a similar force) destroy completely

Devourverb

read quickly and eagerly

Devourverb

be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling