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Discard vs Omit - What's the difference?

discard | omit |

In transitive terms the difference between discard and omit

is that discard is to throw away, to reject while omit is to fail to perform.

As a noun discard

is anything discarded.

discard

English

Verb

(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.

    Synonyms

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything discarded.
  • A discarded playing card in a card game.
  • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    omit

    English

    Verb

    (omitt)
  • To leave out or exclude.
  • To fail to perform.
  • (rare) To neglect or take no notice of.
  • Anagrams

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