Discard vs Discard - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between discard and discard

is that discard is to throw away, to reject while discard is to throw away, to reject.

is that discard is to make a discard; to throw out a card while discard is to make a discard; to throw out a card.

(en verb)

to throw away, to reject.

* I. Taylor

A man discards the follies of boyhood.

(card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.

To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

* Jonathan Swift

They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should resolve to discard them.

* cast away * dismiss * dispose * eliminate * get rid of * throw away * See also

(en noun)

Anything discarded.

A discarded playing card in a card game.

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