Difference between Uptake and Intake

Uptake

Part of speech: noun

Definition: understanding, comprehension absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism a chimney

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To take up, to lift.

Intake

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To take in .

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.An act or instance of taking in: an intake of oxygen or food.

Example sentence: I watch my wheat intake.