Assimilation is combining the digested food into material? Shouldnt absorption come after assimilation.....Plz explain

Assimilation is combining the digested food into material? Shouldnt a

1.	Assimilation is combining the digested food into material? Shouldnt absorption come after assimilation.....Plz explain
Answer» Assimilation is combining the digested food into material? Shouldnt absorption come after assimilation.....Plz explain