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Discarding vs Scrapping - What's the difference?

discarding | scrapping |

As verbs the difference between discarding and scrapping

is that discarding is while scrapping is .

As nouns the difference between discarding and scrapping

is that discarding is the act by which something is discarded; a throwing away while scrapping is the act by which something is scrapped.

discarding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
  • (in the plural) Discarded material.
    • the usual discardings of country folk

    scrapping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is scrapped.
  • * 1993 , N. Wijnolst, ?C. Peeters, ?P. Liebman, European shortsea shipping (page 11)
    • The number of ship scrappings over the past five years has declined appreciably on an annual basis since the mid-1980s which was a period of intense shipbreaking activity.