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Discontinue vs Discard - What's the difference?

discontinue | discard |

As verbs the difference between discontinue and discard

is that discontinue is to interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something while discard is to throw away, to reject.

As a noun discard is

anything discarded.

discontinue

English

Verb

(discontinu)
  • To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.
    • They plan to discontinue that design.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have discontinued school / Above a twelvemonth.
  • * Daniel
    • Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.
  • * Holder
    • They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.

    Synonyms

    * terminate * break off

    Antonyms

    * continue ----

    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.

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