Carbage vs Garbage - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between carbage and garbage

is that carbage is shreds and patches of cloth cut off by a tailor when cutting out clothes while garbage is {{cx|obsolete|lang=en}} The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.

As a verb garbage is

to eviscerate.

carbage

English

Etymology 1

Possibly from garbage.

Noun

(-)

Shreds and patches of cloth cut off by a tailor when cutting out clothes.

References

* OED

Etymology 2

Noun

(-)

Food that is high in carbohydrates.

* 2006 , James O'Keefe & Joan O'Keefe, The Forever Young Diet and Lifestyle , Andrews McMeel (2006), ISBN 9780740754883, page 87:

The most important reason to avoid “carbage ” like sugar, white flour, and highly processed foods is that they are foreign to our genetic makeup.

* 2011 , Tyler Graham & Drew Ramsey, The Happiness Diet: A Nutritional Prescription for a Sharp Brain, Balanced Mood, and Lean, Energized Body , Rodale (2011), ISBN 9781605293271, page 41:

This is the same process that browns foods, such as bread crust. The more carbage we eat, the more glycation occurs.

* 2012 , Mari Mancusi, Love At 11 , ISBN 9781620510193, page 59:

A plain garden salad. That was all she ordered, making me feel like a heifer for having gotten the fried chicken quesadilla. But screw it. After the embarrassment I'd suffered, I needed major carbage .

garbage

English

Alternative forms

* garbidge

Noun

(-)

The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.

Food waste material of any kind.

Garbage is collected on Tuesdays; rubbish on Fridays

Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.

A place or receptacle for waste material.

He threw the newspaper into the garbage .

Nonsense; gibberish.

(often, attributively) Something or someone worthless.

* 2009 , David R. Portney, 129 More Seminar Speaking Success Tips , ISBN 9780967851488, p. 8:

Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”.

Synonyms

* junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste * See also

Antonyms

* artifact, asset, catch, find, prize, recyclable, resource, treasure, valuable

Derived terms

* garbage bag * garbage bin * garbage can * garbage collect * garbage collector * garbage collection * garbage disposal * garbage dump * * garbage man * garbage mitt * garbage scow * garbage time * garbage truck * garbo * garbologist

Verb

(garbag)

(obsolete) To eviscerate.

* 1674 , , ''The Passenger Pigeon , 1907, The Outing Publishing Company):

I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.

Synonyms

* gut * disembowel * eviscerate