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Absurdity vs Trash - What's the difference?

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Absurdity is a related term of trash.


As nouns the difference between absurdity and trash

is that absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance while trash is (chiefly|us) useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

As a verb trash is

(us) to discard.

absurdity

English

Noun

  • (obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
  • (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
  • * His travels were full of absurdities . - Johnson
  • (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
  • * The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. -
  • *
  • Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."

    References

    trash

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  • * Landor
  • A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
  • A container into which things are discarded.
  • Something worthless or of poor quality.
  • (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class.
  • (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
  • A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
  • (Markham)

    Synonyms

    * garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste * (container) trash can * See also

    Derived terms

    * trailer trash * trash bag * trash can * trashed * trashery * trash fish * trashman * trashmover * trashy * white trash

    Verb

    (es)
  • (US) To discard.
  • * 1989 , InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
  • Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.
  • (US) To make into a mess.
  • The burglars trashed the house.
  • (US) To beat soundly in a game.
  • (US) To disrespect someone or something
  • To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
  • to trash the rattoons of sugar cane
  • To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
  • To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
  • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * trash out

    See also

    recycle bin

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