Absorb vs. Resorb: What's the Difference?

To take (something) in through or as through pores or interstices.

To absorb again.

To occupy the attention, interest, or time of; engross

(Biology) To dissolve and assimilate (bone tissue, for example).

To take up or occupy (one's time or interest, for example).

To undergo resorption.

To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.

(transitive) To absorb (something) again.

To take in; assimilate

(intransitive) To undergo resorption.

To learn; acquire

To dissolve (bone, sinew, suture, etc.) and assimilate it.

To receive (an impulse) without echo or recoil

To swallow up.

To assume or pay for (a cost or costs).

To absorb (something which has been secreted or exuded by the same organism).

To endure; accommodate

Undergo resorption

To use up; consume

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

(intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.

To take in energy and convert it.

In receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.

In receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.

Taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.

(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.

(transitive) To occupy or consume time.

(transitive) To assimilate mentally.

To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

(transitive) To defray the costs.

(transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

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.

Become imbued;

Take up mentally;

Take up, as of debts or payments;

Take in, also metaphorically;

Cause to become one with;

Suck or take up or in;

Engross (oneself) fully;

Assimilate or take in;

Engage or engross wholly;