Compare: 食べる vs 飲む

食べるたべる

to eat

飲むのむ

to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine)

たべる食べる
N5CommonIchidan verb

to eat

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きょう(なに)昼食(ちゅうしょく)に食べましたか。

What did you have for lunch today?

いつから日本人は精白米を食べるようになったのですか?

When did the Japanese start eating polished rice?

のむ飲む
N5CommonGodan verb (mu ending)

to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine)

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(かれ)は飲んだ分だけ(つく)いてしまった。

He threw up just as much as he had drunk.

「くれるの?」「いやあ、ホテルで呑むんですよ」「だろうね」

"Can I have it?" "Sorry, I drank it at the hotel!" "Thought so."