Discarded vs Wasted - What's the difference?
discarded | wasted |
(discard)
to throw away, to reject.
* I. Taylor
(card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
* Jonathan Swift
Not profitably used.
Ravaged or deteriorated.
Emaciated and haggard.
(slang) very drunk or stoned.
(medicine) low weight-for-height (for a person).
(waste)
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
English
Verb
(en verb)- A man discards the follies of boyhood.
- They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should resolve to discard them.