Z:gnu-www-ja-words-to-avoid--7b201d-=26ldquo;Consume=26rdquo; refers t/en

&ldquo;Consume&rdquo; refers to what we do with food: we ingest it, and use it in a way that uses it up. By analogy, we employ the same word to describe using other things in a way that uses them up. However, it is erroneous to speak of &ldquo;consuming&rdquo; information, music, books, software, etc., since using them does not use them up.