Difference between Absorb and Imbibe

ABSORB vs IMBIBE: VERB

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

To drink in; to absorb; to soak up; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking.
To receive or absorb into the mind and retain
To saturate; to imbue.

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 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.

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

Overindulge, Intoxicate, Guzzle, Quaff, Sip, Take in, Suck up, Sop up, Take up, Draw, Soak up, Absorb, Suck, Assimilate, Drink

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

Ingest, Consume, Overindulge, Intoxicate, Guzzle, Quaff, Sip, Suck up, Sop up, Take up, Draw, Soak up, Suck, Assimilate, Drink

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.
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SYN: Absorb, gorge, engross, devour, appropriate, exhaust, consume, imbibe, engulf, brook.
The market for smartphones that imbibe NFC is also growing rapidly.
Spaces can hold memories, script successes, imbibe a feeling of belonging.
Imbibe good vibes with this prismatic water bottle from Glacce.
People tend to unconsciously imbibe things they see every day.
Smoothies are also an easy wake to imbibe CBD oil.
You imbibe a great volume of SUGAR FREE CANDY LIQUOR.
Children can imbibe every habit from their surroundings effortlessly.
This is your time to imbibe and learn.
To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.