Difference between Absorb and Engross

ABSORB vs ENGROSS: VERB

Engage or engross wholly
Engross (oneself) fully
To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
To completely engage the attention of.
To thicken; to condense.
Consume all of one's attention or time
Devote (oneself) fully to

To occupy the attention, interest, or time of; engross: : engross.
To take up or occupy (one's time or interest, for example).
To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.
To take in; assimilate.
To take (something) in through or as through pores or interstices.
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.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
To use up; consume.
To endure; accommodate.
To assume or pay for (a cost or costs).
To learn; acquire.
To receive (an impulse) without echo or recoil.

To write or transcribe in a large, clear hand.
To occupy exclusively; absorb.
To acquire most or all of (a commodity); monopolize (a market).
To write or print the final draft of (an official document).
To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
To amass.
To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters.
To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy the attention completely; to absorb.
To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree
One which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage.
A fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.

To drink in; suck up; imbibe, as a sponge; take in by absorption, as the lacteals of the body; hence, to take up or receive in, as by chemical or molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases.
To swallow up; engulf; overwhelm: as, the sea absorbed the wreck.
To swallow up the identity or individuality of; draw in as a constituent part; incorporate: as, the empire absorbed all the small states.
To engross or engage wholly.
In medicine, to counteract or neutralize: as, magnesia absorbs acidity in the stomach.

To make large or larger; make additions to; increase in bulk or quantity.
To make thick or gross; thicken.
To take in the gross or in bulk; take the whole of; get sole possession of; absorb completely: with or without all.
Specifically To monopolize the supply of, or the supplies in; get entire possession or control of, for the purpose of raising prices and enhancing profits: as, to engross the importations of tea; to engross the market for wheat.
To occupy wholly; take up or employ entirely, to the exclusion of other things: as, business engrosses his attention or thoughts; to be engrossed in study.
To write out in a fair large hand or in a formal or prescribed manner for preservation, as a public document or record.
Synonyms and Swallow up, Engulf, etc. (see absorb); to lay hold of, monopolize.

Sop up, Take up, Soak up, Plunge, Draw, Steep, Engage, Engross, Occupy, Engulf, Immerse, Imbibe, Ingest, Suck, Assimilate

Fascinate, Captivate, Rivet, Transfix, Steep, Swallow up, Eat up, Plunge, Swallow, Bury, Engulf, Absorb, Occupy, Engage, Immerse

Take over, Suck up, Sop up, Take up, Soak up, Plunge, Draw, Steep, Engross, Occupy, Engulf, Imbibe, Ingest, Suck, Assimilate

Amuse, Enrapture, Spellbind, Enthrall, Fascinate, Captivate, Rivet, Transfix, Steep, Swallow up, Plunge, Swallow, Bury, Engulf, Occupy

They are like sponges and will absorb water.
Reaper Scythe to absorb multiple mobs at once.
It is a lot of material to absorb.
There is a ton of material to absorb.
Where is the best place to absorb blood?
First, the gas molecules absorb and scatter radiation, and second, clouds and small particles scatter, absorb, and emit radiation.
Fat and carbohydrates are pretty easy for your body to digest and absorb, but protein takes more energy to digest and absorb.
Important to absorb the number of pooled land back to absorb the policy is too.
It might only take solid wood one minute to absorb the same amount of stain that veneer required two minutes to absorb.
HOW TO FORMAT A MANUSCRIPT or STANDARD FORMAT ILLUSTRATED heading, and absorb, absorb, absorb.

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First are precisely the everyday concerns of asylum, livelihood, and isolation that engross all but the most privileged exiles.
Bee Engross, Inheritance, a perpetual or continuing right to an estate, vested in a person and his heirs.
Intrigue, suspense, and puzzles that must be solved can engross both voracious and reluctant readers.
Either sin or grace will engross the whole heart; neither will submit to compromise.
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SYN: Absorb, gorge, engross, devour, appropriate, exhaust, consume, imbibe, engulf, brook.
Engross much food as compared to overbold juices and tonic.
Like they engross their spiritual belief to these things.