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Discarded vs Wasted - What's the difference?

discarded | wasted |

As verbs the difference between discarded and wasted

is that discarded is (discard) while wasted is (waste).

As an adjective wasted is

not profitably used.

discarded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (discard)

  • 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

    wasted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not profitably used.
  • Ravaged or deteriorated.
  • Emaciated and haggard.
  • (slang) very drunk or stoned.
  • (medicine) low weight-for-height (for a person).
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (waste)
  • Anagrams

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