Debris vs Leavings - What's the difference?
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Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
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Litter and discarded refuse.
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(geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.
A worthless and incidental residuum, as scraps from a meal or shavings or sawdust from wood.
:The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
A worthless surfeit of material, as leftovers from a meal or scrap lumber.
:The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
Debris is a related term of leavings.
As nouns the difference between debris and leavings
is that debris is while leavings is a worthless and incidental residuum, as scraps from a meal or shavings or sawdust from wood.debris
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